CSS Lists

CSS includes a number of list properties to help you style your HTML lists.

List Style Type

Determines what the bullet looks like. For info on the possible values see the list-style-type page.

<ul style="list-style-type:circle;">
<li>List item one</li>
<li>List item two</li>
</ul>

This results in:

List Style Image

<ul style="list-style-image:url(/pix/printer_icon.gif);">
<li>List item one</li>
<li>List item two</li>
</ul>

This results in:

List Style Position

Determines whether the bullet is located inside the list's containing box or outside.

<ul style="list-style-position:inside;">
<li>List item one</li>
<li>List item two</li>
</ul>
<ul style="list-style-position:outside;">
<li>List item one</li>
<li>List item two</li>
</ul>

This results in:

List Style

The list-style property is shorthand for setting the list properties.

<ul style="list-style:square inside;">
<li>List item one</li>
<li>List item two</li>
</ul>

This results in:

Marker Offset

Used in conjunction with display:marker, marker-offset specifies the nearest border edges of the marker box and its associated principal box.

<ul>
<li style="display:marker;marker-offset:10px;">List item one</li>
<li>List item two</li>
</ul>

This results in:

At the time of writing, browser support for marker-offset was limited.

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