List Style Type

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 item one
• List item two

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 item one
• List item two

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 item one
• List item two

• List item one
• List item two

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:

• List item one
• List item two

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:

• List item one
• List item two

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