HTML | DOM Ul Object

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The DOM Ul Object is used to represent the HTML <ul> element .the ul element is accessed by getElementById().
Properties:

compact: It is used to set or return whether the height of the unordered list would be render smaller than normal, or not.
type: It is used to set or return the value of the type attribute of an <ul> element.

Syntax:

document.getElementById("ID");

Where “id” is the ID assigned to the “ul” tag.
Example-1:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>DOM ul Object</title>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>DOM ul Object </h2>
    <ul id="Geeks">
        <!-- Assigning id to 'li tag' -->
        <li id="GFG">Geeks</li>
        <li>Sudo</li>
        <li>Gfg</li>
        <li>Gate</li>
        <li>Placement</li>
    </ul>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">Submit</button>
    <p id="sudo"></p>

    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            // Accessing 'ul' tag. 
            var g = document.getElementById(
              "Geeks").id;
            document.getElementById(
              "sudo").innerHTML = g;
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:
Before Clicking On Button :

After Clicking On Button :

Example-2 : <ul> Object can be created by using the document.createElement method.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>DOM ul Object</title>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>DOM ul Object </h2>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">Submit</button>
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            // 'ul' tag Created. 
            var g = document.createElement("UL");
            g.setAttribute("id", "GFG");
            document.body.appendChild(g);

            var f = document.createElement("LI");
            var w = document.createTextNode("Geeks");
            f.appendChild(w);
            document.getElementById("GFG").appendChild(f);

            var x = document.createElement("LI");
            var y = document.createTextNode("Sudo");
            x.appendChild(y);
            document.getElementById("GFG").appendChild(x);
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>