CSS List ======== The CSS list properties allow you to: Set different list item markers for ordered lists Set different list item markers for unordered lists Set an image as the list item marker In HTML, there are two types of lists: unordered lists - the list items are marked with bullets ordered lists - the list items are marked with numbers or letters With CSS, lists can be styled further, and images can be used as the list item marker. All CSS List Properties ----------------------- Property Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ list-style Sets all the properties for a list in one declaration list-style-image Specifies an image as the list-item marker list-style-position Specifies if the list-item markers should appear inside or outside the content flow list-style-type Specifies the type of list-item marker Different List Item Markers --------------------------- The type of list item marker is specified with the list-style-type property: ul.a {list-style-type: circle;} ul.b {list-style-type: square;} ol.c {list-style-type: upper-roman;} ol.d {list-style-type: lower-alpha;} An Image as The List Item Marker -------------------------------- To specify an image as the list item marker, use the list-style-image property: ul { list-style-image: url('sqpurple.gif'); } Crossbrowser Solution --------------------- The example above does not display equally in all browsers. IE and Opera will display the image-marker a little bit higher than Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. The following example displays the image-marker equally in all browsers: ul { list-style-type: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; } ul li { background-image: url(sqpurple.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: 0px 5px; padding-left: 14px; } Example explained: ul: Set the list-style-type to none to remove the list item marker Set both padding and margin to 0px (for cross-browser compatibility) all li in ul: Set the URL of the image, and show it only once (no-repeat) Position the image where you want it (left 0px and down 5px) Position the text in the list with padding-left List - Shorthand property ------------------------- It is also possible to specify all the list properties in one, single property. This is called a shorthand property. ul { list-style: square url("sqpurple.gif"); } Example explained: ul: Set the list-style-type to none to remove the list item marker Set both padding and margin to 0px (for cross-browser compatibility) all li in ul: Set the URL of the image, and show it only once (no-repeat) Position the image where you want it (left 0px and down 5px) Position the text in the list with padding-left Example 1 ---------
  1. Armenian type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Cjk-ideographic type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Decimal type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Decimal-leading-zero type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Georgian type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Hebrew type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Hiragana type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Hiragana-iroha type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Katakana type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Katakana-iroha type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Lower-alpha type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Lower-greek type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Lower-latin type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Lower-roman type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Upper-alpha type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Upper-latin type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. Upper-roman type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. None type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
  1. inherit type
  2. Tea
  3. Coca Cola
Example 2 ---------