CSS list-style-type property

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# CSS list-style-type Property

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## Example

Set some different list styles:

ul.circle {list-style-type:circle}
ul.square {list-style-type:square}
ol.upper-roman {list-style-type:upper-roman}
ol.lower-alpha {list-style-type:lower-alpha}
Try it yourself »
More examples at the bottom of this page.

## 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 »

## Try it Yourself - Examples

All the different list-item markers in lists
This example demonstrates all the different list-item markers.

## Related Pages

CSS tutorial: CSS List

CSS reference: list-style property

HTML DOM reference: listStyleType property

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