list-style-type
===============

The **`list-style-type`** CSS property sets the marker (such as a disc, character, or custom counter style) of a list item element.

Try it
------

The marker will be `currentcolor`, the same as the computed color of the element it applies to.

Only a few elements (`<li>` and `<summary>`) have a default value of `display: list-item`. However, the `list-style-type` property may be applied to any element whose `display` value is set to `list-item`. Moreover, because this property is inherited, it can be set on a parent element (commonly `<ol>` or `<ul>`) to make it apply to all list items.

Syntax
------


```css
/\* Partial list of types \*/
list-style-type: disc;
list-style-type: circle;
list-style-type: square;
list-style-type: decimal;
list-style-type: georgian;
list-style-type: trad-chinese-informal;
list-style-type: kannada;

/\* <string> value \*/
list-style-type: "-";

/\* Identifier matching an @counter-style rule \*/
list-style-type: custom-counter-style;

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

/\* Global values \*/
list-style-type: inherit;
list-style-type: initial;
list-style-type: revert;
list-style-type: revert-layer;
list-style-type: unset;
```


The `list-style-type` property may be defined as any one of:

* a `<custom-ident>` value,
* a `symbols()` value,
* a `<string>` value, or
* the keyword `none`.

Note that:

* Some types require a suitable font installed to display as expected.
* The `cjk-ideographic` is identical to `trad-chinese-informal`; it exists for legacy reasons.
### Values

`<custom-ident>`

An identifier matching the value of a `@counter-style` or one of the predefined styles:

`symbols()`

Defines an anonymous style of the list.

`<string>`

The specified string will be used as the item's marker.

`none`

No item marker is shown.

`disc`

A filled circle (default value).

`circle`

A hollow circle.

`square`

A filled square.

`decimal`

Decimal numbers, beginning with 1.

`cjk-decimal`

Han decimal numbers.

`decimal-leading-zero`

Decimal numbers, padded by initial zeros.

`lower-roman`

Lowercase roman numerals.

`upper-roman`

Uppercase roman numerals.

`lower-greek`

Lowercase classical Greek.

`lower-alpha`, `lower-latin`

Lowercase ASCII letters.

`upper-alpha`, `upper-latin`

Uppercase ASCII letters.

`arabic-indic`, `-moz-arabic-indic`

Arabic-Indic numbers.

`armenian`

Traditional Armenian numbering.

`bengali`, `-moz-bengali`

Bengali numbering.

`cambodian`/`khmer`

Cambodian/Khmer numbering.

`cjk-earthly-branch`, `-moz-cjk-earthly-branch`

Han "Earthly Branch" ordinals.

`cjk-heavenly-stem`, `-moz-cjk-heavenly-stem`

Han "Heavenly Stem" ordinals.

`cjk-ideographic`

Identical to `trad-chinese-informal`.

`devanagari`, `-moz-devanagari`

Devanagari numbering.

`ethiopic-numeric`

Ethiopic numbering.

`georgian`

Traditional Georgian numbering.

`gujarati`, `-moz-gujarati`

Gujarati numbering.

`gurmukhi`, `-moz-gurmukhi`

Gurmukhi numbering.

`hebrew`

Traditional Hebrew numbering.

`hiragana`

Dictionary-order hiragana lettering.

`hiragana-iroha`

Iroha-order hiragana lettering.

`japanese-formal`

Japanese formal numbering to be used in legal or financial documents. The kanjis are designed so that they can't be modified to look like another correct one.

`japanese-informal`

Japanese informal numbering.

`kannada`, `-moz-kannada`

Kannada numbering.

`katakana`

Dictionary-order katakana lettering.

`katakana-iroha`

Iroha-order katakana lettering.

`korean-hangul-formal`

Korean hangul numbering.

`korean-hanja-formal`

Formal Korean Han numbering.

`korean-hanja-informal`

Korean hanja numbering.

`lao`, `-moz-lao`

Laotian numbering.

`lower-armenian`

Lowercase Armenian numbering.

`malayalam`, `-moz-malayalam`

Malayalam numbering.

`mongolian`

Mongolian numbering.

`myanmar`, `-moz-myanmar`

Myanmar (Burmese) numbering.

`oriya`, `-moz-oriya`

Oriya numbering.

`persian`, `-moz-persian`

Persian numbering.

`simp-chinese-formal`

Simplified Chinese formal numbering.

`simp-chinese-informal`

Simplified Chinese informal numbering.

`tamil`, `-moz-tamil`

Tamil numbering.

`telugu`, `-moz-telugu`

Telugu numbering.

`thai`, `-moz-thai`

Thai numbering.

`tibetan`

Tibetan numbering.

`trad-chinese-formal`

Traditional Chinese formal numbering.

`trad-chinese-informal`

Traditional Chinese informal numbering.

`upper-armenian`

Traditional uppercase Armenian numbering.

`disclosure-open`

Symbol indicating that a disclosure widget such as `<details>` is opened.

`disclosure-closed`

Symbol indicating that a disclosure widget, like `<details>` is closed.

Refer to the All list style types example to see the above values in action. Details of all the available counter styles used by various cultures around the world can be found in Ready-made Counter Styles.

### Non-standard extensions

A few predefined types are supported by Mozilla (Firefox) with a `-moz-` prefix.

* `ethiopic-halehame`: `-moz-ethiopic-halehame`
* `ethiopic-halehame-am`: `-moz-ethiopic-halehame-am`
* `ethiopic-halehame-ti-er`: `-moz-ethiopic-halehame-ti-er`
* `ethiopic-halehame-ti-et`: `-moz-ethiopic-halehame-ti-et`
* `ethiopic-numeric`: `-moz-ethiopic-numeric`
* `hangul`: `-moz-hangul`
* `hangul-consonant`: `-moz-hangul-consonant`
* `urdu`: `-moz-urdu`

See the compatibility table to check which browsers support which extension.

Accessibility concerns
----------------------

Safari will not recognize an ordered or unordered list as a list in the accessibility tree if it has a `list-style-type` value of `none`. This can be resolved by adding `role="list"` to the list's opening tag. To learn more about this and potential workarounds, see `list-style`.

Formal definition
-----------------

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Initial value | `disc` |
| Applies to | list items |
| Inherited | yes |
| Computed value | as specified |
| Animation type | discrete |

Formal syntax
-------------
```

list-style-type =   
  <counter-style>  |  
  <string>         |  
  none               
  
<counter-style> =   
  <counter-style-name>  |  
  <symbols()>             
  
<symbols()> =   
  symbols( <symbols-type>? [ <string> | <image> ]+ )    
  
<symbols-type> =   
  cyclic      |  
  numeric     |  
  alphabetic  |  
  symbolic    |  
  fixed         
  
<image> =   
  <url>       |  
  <gradient>    
  
<url> =   
  <url()>  |  
  <src()>    
  
<url()> =   
  url( <string> <url-modifier>\* )  |  
  <url-token>                        
  
<src()> =   
  src( <string> <url-modifier>\* )    
  
```

Examples
--------

### Setting list item markers

#### HTML


```html
List 1
<ol class="normal">
  <li>Hello</li>
  <li>World</li>
  <li>What's up?</li>
</ol>

List 2
<ol class="shortcut">
  <li>Looks</li>
  <li>Like</li>
  <li>The</li>
  <li>Same</li>
</ol>
```


#### CSS


```css
ol.normal {
  list-style-type: upper-alpha;
}

/\* or use the shortcut "list-style": \*/
ol.shortcut {
  list-style: upper-alpha;
}
```


#### Result

### All list style types

#### HTML


```html
<ol>
  <li>Apollo</li>
  <li>Hubble</li>
  <li>Chandra</li>
  <li>Cassini-Huygens</li>
  <li>Spitzer</li>
</ol>

<h2>Choose a list style type:</h2>

<div class="container">
  <label for="disc">
    <input type="radio" id="disc" name="type" value="disc" />disc
  </label>

  <label for="circle">
    <input type="radio" id="circle" name="type" value="circle" />circle
  </label>

  <label for="square">
    <input type="radio" id="square" name="type" value="square" />square
  </label>

  <label for="decimal">
    <input type="radio" id="decimal" name="type" value="decimal" />decimal
  </label>

  <label for="cjk-decimal">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="cjk-decimal"
 name="type"
 value="cjk-decimal" />cjk-decimal
  </label>

  <label for="decimal-leading-zero">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="decimal-leading-zero"
 name="type"
 value="decimal-leading-zero" />decimal-leading-zero
  </label>

  <label for="lower-roman">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="lower-roman"
 name="type"
 value="lower-roman" />lower-roman
  </label>

  <label for="upper-roman">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="upper-roman"
 name="type"
 value="upper-roman" />upper-roman
  </label>

  <label for="lower-greek">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="lower-greek"
 name="type"
 value="lower-greek" />lower-greek
  </label>

  <label for="lower-alpha">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="lower-alpha"
 name="type"
 value="lower-alpha" />lower-alpha, lower-latin
  </label>

  <label for="upper-alpha">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="upper-alpha"
 name="type"
 value="upper-alpha" />upper-alpha, upper-latin
  </label>

  <label for="arabic-indic">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="arabic-indic"
 name="type"
 value="arabic-indic" />arabic-indic
  </label>

  <label for="armenian">
    <input type="radio" id="armenian" name="type" value="armenian" />armenian
  </label>

  <label for="bengali">
    <input type="radio" id="bengali" name="type" value="bengali" />bengali
  </label>

  <label for="cambodian">
    <input type="radio" id="cambodian" name="type" value="cambodian" />cambodian
  </label>

  <label for="cjk-earthly-branch">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="cjk-earthly-branch"
 name="type"
 value="cjk-earthly-branch" />cjk-earthly-branch
  </label>

  <label for="cjk-heavenly-stem">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="cjk-heavenly-stem"
 name="type"
 value="cjk-heavenly-stem" />cjk-heavenly-stem
  </label>

  <label for="cjk-ideographic">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="cjk-ideographic"
 name="type"
 value="cjk-ideographic" />cjk-ideographic
  </label>

  <label for="devanagari">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="devanagari"
 name="type"
 value="devanagari" />devanagari
  </label>

  <label for="ethiopic-numeric">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="ethiopic-numeric"
 name="type"
 value="ethiopic-numeric" />ethiopic-numeric
  </label>

  <label for="georgian">
    <input type="radio" id="georgian" name="type" value="georgian" />georgian
  </label>

  <label for="gujarati">
    <input type="radio" id="gujarati" name="type" value="gujarati" />gujarati
  </label>

  <label for="gurmukhi">
    <input type="radio" id="gurmukhi" name="type" value="gurmukhi" />gurmukhi
  </label>

  <label for="hebrew">
    <input type="radio" id="hebrew" name="type" value="hebrew" />hebrew
  </label>

  <label for="hiragana">
    <input type="radio" id="hiragana" name="type" value="hiragana" />hiragana
  </label>

  <label for="hiragana-iroha">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="hiragana-iroha"
 name="type"
 value="hiragana-iroha" />hiragana-iroha
  </label>

  <label for="japanese-formal">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="japanese-formal"
 name="type"
 value="japanese-formal" />japanese-formal
  </label>

  <label for="japanese-informal">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="japanese-informal"
 name="type"
 value="japanese-informal" />japanese-informal
  </label>

  <label for="kannada">
    <input type="radio" id="kannada" name="type" value="kannada" />kannada
  </label>

  <label for="katakana">
    <input type="radio" id="katakana" name="type" value="katakana" />katakana
  </label>

  <label for="katakana-iroha">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="katakana-iroha"
 name="type"
 value="katakana-iroha" />katakana-iroha
  </label>

  <label for="khmer">
    <input type="radio" id="khmer" name="type" value="khmer" />khmer
  </label>

  <label for="korean-hangul-formal">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="korean-hangul-formal"
 name="type"
 value="korean-hangul-formal" />korean-hangul-formal
  </label>

  <label for="korean-hanja-formal">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="korean-hanja-formal"
 name="type"
 value="korean-hanja-formal" />korean-hanja-formal
  </label>

  <label for="korean-hanja-informal">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="korean-hanja-informal"
 name="type"
 value="korean-hanja-informal" />korean-hanja-informal
  </label>

  <label for="lao">
    <input type="radio" id="lao" name="type" value="lao" />lao
  </label>

  <label for="lower-armenian">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="lower-armenian"
 name="type"
 value="lower-armenian" />lower-armenian
  </label>

  <label for="malayalam">
    <input type="radio" id="malayalam" name="type" value="malayalam" />malayalam
  </label>

  <label for="mongolian">
    <input type="radio" id="mongolian" name="type" value="mongolian" />mongolian
  </label>

  <label for="myanmar">
    <input type="radio" id="myanmar" name="type" value="myanmar" />myanmar
  </label>

  <label for="oriya">
    <input type="radio" id="oriya" name="type" value="oriya" />oriya
  </label>

  <label for="persian">
    <input type="radio" id="persian" name="type" value="persian" />persian
  </label>

  <label for="simp-chinese-formal">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="simp-chinese-formal"
 name="type"
 value="simp-chinese-formal" />simp-chinese-formal
  </label>

  <label for="simp-chinese-informal">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="simp-chinese-informal"
 name="type"
 value="simp-chinese-informal" />simp-chinese-informal
  </label>

  <label for="tamil">
    <input type="radio" id="tamil" name="type" value="tamil" />tamil
  </label>

  <label for="telugu">
    <input type="radio" id="telugu" name="type" value="telugu" />telugu
  </label>

  <label for="thai">
    <input type="radio" id="thai" name="type" value="thai" />thai
  </label>

  <label for="tibetan">
    <input type="radio" id="tibetan" name="type" value="tibetan" />tibetan
  </label>

  <label for="trad-chinese-formal">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="trad-chinese-formal"
 name="type"
 value="trad-chinese-formal" />trad-chinese-formal
  </label>

  <label for="trad-chinese-informal">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="trad-chinese-informal"
 name="type"
 value="trad-chinese-informal" />trad-chinese-informal
  </label>

  <label for="upper-armenian">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="upper-armenian"
 name="type"
 value="upper-armenian" />upper-armenian
  </label>

  <label for="disclosure-open">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="disclosure-open"
 name="type"
 value="disclosure-open" />disclosure-open
  </label>

  <label for="disclosure-closed">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="disclosure-closed"
 name="type"
 value="disclosure-closed" />disclosure-closed
  </label>

  <label for="-moz-ethiopic-halehame">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="-moz-ethiopic-halehame"
 name="type"
 value="-moz-ethiopic-halehame" />-moz-ethiopic-halehame
  </label>

  <label for="-moz-ethiopic-halehame-am">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="-moz-ethiopic-halehame-am"
 name="type"
 value="-moz-ethiopic-halehame-am" />-moz-ethiopic-halehame-am
  </label>

  <label for="ethiopic-halehame-ti-er">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="ethiopic-halehame-ti-er"
 name="type"
 value="ethiopic-halehame-ti-er" />ethiopic-halehame-ti-er
  </label>

  <label for="ethiopic-halehame-ti-et">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="ethiopic-halehame-ti-et"
 name="type"
 value="ethiopic-halehame-ti-et" />ethiopic-halehame-ti-et
  </label>

  <label for="hangul">
    <input type="radio" id="hangul" name="type" value="hangul" />hangul
  </label>

  <label for="hangul-consonant">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="hangul-consonant"
 name="type"
 value="hangul-consonant" />hangul-consonant
  </label>

  <label for="urdu">
    <input type="radio" id="urdu" name="type" value="urdu" />urdu
  </label>

  <label for="-moz-ethiopic-halehame-ti-er">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="-moz-ethiopic-halehame-ti-er"
 name="type"
 value="-moz-ethiopic-halehame-ti-er" />-moz-ethiopic-halehame-ti-er
  </label>

  <label for="-moz-ethiopic-halehame-ti-et">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="-moz-ethiopic-halehame-ti-et"
 name="type"
 value="-moz-ethiopic-halehame-ti-et" />-moz-ethiopic-halehame-ti-et
  </label>

  <label for="-moz-hangul">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="-moz-hangul"
 name="type"
 value="-moz-hangul" />-moz-hangul
  </label>

  <label for="-moz-hangul-consonant">
    <input
 type="radio"
 id="-moz-hangul-consonant"
 name="type"
 value="-moz-hangul-consonant" />-moz-hangul-consonant
  </label>

  <label for="-moz-urdu">
    <input type="radio" id="-moz-urdu" name="type" value="-moz-urdu" />-moz-urdu
  </label>
</div>
```


#### CSS


```css
ol {
  font-size: 1.2rem;
}

.container {
  column-count: 3;
}

label {
  display: block;
}

input {
  margin: 0.4rem;
}
```


#### JavaScript


```js
const container = document.querySelector(".container");
container.addEventListener("change", (event) => {
  const list = document.querySelector("ol");
  list.setAttribute("style", `list-style-type: ${event.target.value}`);
});
```


#### Result

We're not limited to the list style types defined on this page or the specification. The `@counter-style` at-rule enables creating counters using any alphabet.

Specifications
--------------

| Specification |
| --- |
| CSS Lists and Counters Module Level 3 # text-markers |
| CSS Counter Styles Level 3 # extending-css2 |

Browser compatibility
---------------------

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See also
--------

* `list-style` shorthand property
* `list-style-image` property
* `list-style-position` property
* `::marker` pseudo-element
* CSS lists and counters module
* CSS counter styles module