Find out if the list order is descending or not:
var x = document.getElementById("myOl").reversed;
Click the button to find out if the list order is descending or not.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <ol id="myOl"> <li>CSS</li> <li>HTML</li> <li>Java</li> <li>Javascript</li> <li>SQL</li> </ol>/*ww w . j a v a 2 s .c o m*/ <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("myOl").reversed; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>