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CSS list-style Property

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Description

The list-style CSS property defines the display style for list items. It is a shorthand property for setting the individual list properties i.e. list-style-type, list-style-position, and list-style-image in a single declaration.

The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this property.

Default value: See individual properties
Applies to: List items
Inherited: Yes
Animatable: No. See animatable properties.
Version: CSS 1, 2, 3

Syntax

The syntax of the property is given with:

list-style: 
[ list-style-type list-style-position list-style-image ] | initial | inherit

The example below shows the list-style property in action.

ul {
    list-style: circle inside;
}
ol {
    list-style: upper-latin outside;
}

Property Values

The following table describes the values of this property.

Value Description
list-style-type Specifies the marker style for a list-item.
list-style-position Specifies the position of the list-item marker.
list-style-image Specifies the image to be used as a list-item marker.
initial Sets this property to its default value.
inherit If specified, the associated element takes the computed value of its parent element list-style property.

Browser Compatibility

The list-style property is supported in all major modern browsers.

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Basic Support—

  • Firefox 1+
  • Google Chrome 1+
  • Internet Explorer 4+
  • Apple Safari 1+
  • Opera 7+

Further Reading

See tutorial on: HTML List, CSS Lists.

Related properties: list-style-image, list-style-position, list-style-type.

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