Definition and Usage
The list-style-type specifies the type of list-item marker in a list.
| Default value: | “disc” for <ul> and “decimal” for <ol> |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | yes |
| Version: | CSS1 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.listStyleType=”square” |
Browser Support
The list-style-type property is supported in all major browsers.
Note: IE9 and Opera 11 do not support: 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!
Property Values
| Value | Description | 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. This is default for <ol> | Play it » |
| decimal-leading-zero | The marker is a number with leading zeros (01, 02, 03, etc.) | Play it » |
| disc | The marker is a filled circle. This is default for <ul> | 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 » |
| inherit | The value of the listStyleType property is inherited from parent element | |
| 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 » |
