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list-style

The list-style CSS property is a shorthand to set list style properties list-style-type, list-style-image, and list-style-position.

Note: This property is applied to list items, i.e., elements with display: list-item; . By default this includes <li> elements. Because this property is inherited, it can be set on a parent element (normally <ol> or <ul>) to make the same list styling apply to all the items inside.

Syntax

/* type */
list-style: square;

/* image */
list-style: url('../img/shape.png');

/* position */
list-style: inside;

/* type | position */
list-style: georgian inside;

/* type | image | position */
list-style: lower-roman url('../img/shape.png') outside;

/* Keyword value */
list-style: none;

/* Global values */
list-style: inherit;
list-style: initial;
list-style: unset;

The list-style property is specified as one, two, or three keywords in any order. If list-style-type and list-style-image are both set, then list-style-type is used as a fallback if the image is unavailable.

Values

list-style-type
See list-style-type.
list-style-image
See list-style-image.
list-style-position
See list-style-position.
none
No list style is used.

Formal syntax

<'list-style-type'> || <'list-style-position'> || <'list-style-image'>

Examples

HTML

List 1
<ul class="one">
  <li>List Item1</li>
  <li>List Item2</li>
  <li>List Item3</li>
</ul>
List 2
<ul class="two">
  <li>List Item A</li>
  <li>List Item B</li>
  <li>List Item C</li>
</ul>

CSS

.one {
  list-style: circle;
}

.two {
  list-style: square inside;
}

Result

Accessibility concerns

Safari has an issue whereby unordered lists with a list-style value of none applied to them will not be recognized as a list in the accessibility tree. To address this, add a zero-width space as pseudo-content before each list item to ensure the list is recognized properly. This ensures the design is unaffected by the bug fix and that list items are not improperly described.

ul {
  list-style: none;
}

ul li::before {
  content: "\200B";
}

Specifications

Initial value as each of the properties of the shorthand:
Applies to list items
Inherited yes
Media visual
Computed value as each of the properties of the shorthand:
Animation type discrete
Canonical order order of appearance in the formal grammar of the values

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

Desktop
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 1 12 1 4 7 1
symbols No ? 35 No No No
Mobile
Android webview Chrome for Android Edge Mobile Firefox for Android Opera for Android iOS Safari Samsung Internet
Basic support 1 Yes 12 4 6 1 Yes
symbols No No ? 35 No No No

See also

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Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/list-style