CSS Styling Lists

In HTML, there are two main types of lists:
unordered lists (<ul>) - the list items are marked with bullets
ordered lists (<ol>) - the list items are marked with numbers or letters
The CSS list properties allow you to:
Set different list item markers for ordered lists
Set different list item markers for unordered lists
Set an image as the list item marker
Add background colors to lists and list items
The list-style-type property specifies the type of list item 
marker.
The following example shows some of the available list item markers: 
Note: Some of the values are for unordered lists, and some for ordered lists.
The list-style-image property specifies an image as the list 
item marker:
The list-style-position property specifies the position of the list-item markers 
(bullet points).
"list-style-position: outside;" means that the bullet points will be outside 
the list item. The start of each line of a list item will be aligned vertically. 
This is default:
Coffee -
A brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans...
Tea
Coca-cola
"list-style-position: inside;" means that the bullet points will be inside 
the list item. As it is part of the list item, it will be part of the text and 
push the text at the start:
Coffee -
A brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans...
Tea
Coca-cola
The list-style-type:none property can also be 
used to remove the markers/bullets. Note that the list also has default margin 
and padding. To remove this, add margin:0 and padding:0 to <ul> or <ol>:
The list-style property is a shorthand property. It is used to set all the 
list properties in one declaration:
When using the shorthand property, the order of the property values are:
list-style-type (if a list-style-image is specified, 
the value of this property will be displayed if the image for some reason 
cannot be displayed)
list-style-position (specifies whether the list-item markers should appear inside or outside the content flow)
list-style-image (specifies an image as the list item 
marker)
If one of the property values above are missing, the default value for the 
missing property will be inserted, if any.
We can also style lists with colors, to make them look a little more 
interesting.
Anything added to the <ol> or <ul> tag, affects the entire list, while 
properties added to the <li> tag will affect the individual list items:
Result:

Coffee
Tea
Coca Cola

Coffee
Tea
Coca Cola
Coffee
Tea
Coca Cola
Customized list with a red left border
This example demonstrates how to create a list with a red left border.
Full-width bordered list
This example demonstrates how to create a bordered list without bullets.
All the different list-item markers for lists
This example demonstrates all the different list-item markers in CSS.
Set the list style for unordered lists to "square".
<style>
ul {
  : ;
}
</style>

<body>
<ul>
  <li>Coffee</li>
  <li>Tea</li>
  <li>Coca Cola</li>
</ul>
</body>

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