Set some different list styles:
More "Try it Yourself" examples below.
The list-style-type specifies the type of list-item marker in a list.
Default value: | disc |
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Inherited: | yes |
Animatable: | no. Read about animatable |
Version: | CSS1 |
JavaScript syntax: | object.style.listStyleType="square" Try it |
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
Property | |||||
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list-style-type | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
Note: Internet Explorer and Opera 12 and earlier versions do not support the values: cjk-ideographic, hebrew, hiragana, hiragana-iroha, katakana, and katakana-iroha.
Note: IE8, and earlier, only support the property values: decimal-leading-zero, lower-greek, lower-latin, upper-latin, armenian, georgian, and inherit if a DOCTYPE is specified!
Value | Description | Play it |
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disc | Default value. The marker is a filled circle | Play it » |
armenian | The marker is traditional Armenian numbering | Play it » |
circle | The marker is a circle | Play it » |
cjk-ideographic | The marker is plain ideographic numbers | Play it » |
decimal | The marker is a number | Play it » |
decimal-leading-zero | The marker is a number with leading zeros (01, 02, 03, etc.) | Play it » |
georgian | The marker is traditional Georgian numbering | Play it » |
hebrew | The marker is traditional Hebrew numbering | Play it » |
hiragana | The marker is traditional Hiragana numbering | Play it » |
hiragana-iroha | The marker is traditional Hiragana iroha numbering | Play it » |
katakana | The marker is traditional Katakana numbering | Play it » |
katakana-iroha | The marker is traditional Katakana iroha numbering | Play it » |
lower-alpha | The marker is lower-alpha (a, b, c, d, e, etc.) | Play it » |
lower-greek | The marker is lower-greek | Play it » |
lower-latin | The marker is lower-latin (a, b, c, d, e, etc.) | Play it » |
lower-roman | The marker is lower-roman (i, ii, iii, iv, v, etc.) | Play it » |
none | No marker is shown | Play it » |
square | The marker is a square | Play it » |
upper-alpha | The marker is upper-alpha (A, B, C, D, E, etc.) | Play it » |
upper-latin | The marker is upper-latin (A, B, C, D, E, etc.) | Play it » |
upper-roman | The marker is upper-roman (I, II, III, IV, V, etc.) | Play it » |
initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial | Play it » |
inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
This example demonstrates all the different list-item markers:
CSS tutorial: CSS List
CSS reference: list-style property
HTML DOM reference: listStyleType property