CSS | list-style-type Property
The list-style-type property in CSS specifies the appearance of the list item marker (such as a disc, character, or custom counter style) if ‘list-style-image’ has the value ‘none’.
Syntax:
list-style-type: disc|circle|square|decimal|lower-roman|upper-roman| lower-greek|lower-latin|upper-latin|lower-alpha|upper-alpha|none| inherit;
Property values:
- disc:This is the default value. The marker is a filled circle.
Syntax:list-style-type: disc;
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>CSS list-style-type Property</title><style>.geek1 {list-style-type: disc;}</style></head><body><h1style="text-align: center; color: green">list-style-type: disc;</h1><p>Sorting Algorithms</p><ulclass="geek1"><li>Bubble Sort </li><li>Merge Sort</li><li>Insertion Sort</li></ul></body></html>Output:
- circle:The marker is a hollow circle.
Syntax:list-style-type: circle;
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>CSS list-style-type Property</title><style>.geek1 {list-style-type: circle;}</style></head><body><h1style="text-align: center; color: green">list-style-type: circle;</h1><p>Sorting Algorithms</p><ulclass="geek1"><li>Bubble Sort </li><li>Merge Sort</li><li>Insertion Sort</li></ul></body></html>Output:
- square:The marker is a square.
Syntax:list-style-type: square;
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>CSS list-style-type Property</title><style>.geek1 {list-style-type: square;}</style></head><body><h1style="text-align: center; color: green">list-style-type: square;</h1><p>Sorting Algorithms</p><ulclass="geek1"><li>Bubble Sort </li><li>Merge Sort</li><li>Insertion Sort</li></ul></body></html>Output:
- decimal:The marker is a decimal numbers, beginning with 1.
Syntax:list-style-type: decimal;
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>CSS list-style-type Property</title><style>.geek1 {list-style-type: decimal;}</style></head><body><h1style="text-align: center; color: green">list-style-type: decimal;</h1><p>Sorting Algorithms</p><ulclass="geek1"><li>Bubble Sort </li><li>Merge Sort</li><li>Insertion Sort</li></ul></body></html>Output:
- lower-roman:The marker is a lowercase roman numerals (i, ii, iii, iv, v, etc.).
Syntax:
list-style-type: lower-roman;
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>CSS list-style-type Property</title><style>.geek1 {list-style-type: lower-roman;}</style></head><body><h1style="text-align: center; color: green">list-style-type: lower-roman;</h1><p>Sorting Algorithms</p><ulclass="geek1"><li>Bubble Sort </li><li>Merge Sort</li><li>Insertion Sort</li></ul></body></html>Output:
- upper-roman:The marker is a uppercase roman numerals (I, II, III, IV, V, etc.).
Syntax:
list-style-type: upper-roman;
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>CSS list-style-type Property</title><style>.geek1 {list-style-type: upper-roman;}</style></head><body><h1style="text-align: center; color: green">list-style-type: upper-roman;</h1><p>Sorting Algorithms</p><ulclass="geek1"><li>Bubble Sort </li><li>Merge Sort</li><li>Insertion Sort</li></ul></body></html>Output:
- lower-greek:The marker is a lowercase classical Greek alpha, beta, gamma, … (?, ?, ?, …).
Syntax:
list-style-type: lower-greek;
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>CSS list-style-type Property</title><style>.geek1 {list-style-type: lower-greek;}</style></head><body><h1style="text-align: center; color: green">list-style-type: lower-greek;</h1><p>Sorting Algorithms</p><ulclass="geek1"><li>Bubble Sort </li><li>Merge Sort</li><li>Insertion Sort</li></ul></body></html>Output:
- lower-latin:The marker is a lowercase ascii letters (a, b, c, … z).
Syntax:
list-style-type: lower-latin;
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>CSS list-style-type Property</title><style>.geek1 {list-style-type: lower-latin;}</style></head><body><h1style="text-align: center; color: green">list-style-type: lower-latin;</h1><p>Sorting Algorithms</p><ulclass="geek1"><li>Bubble Sort </li><li>Merge Sort</li><li>Insertion Sort</li></ul></body></html>Output:
- upper-latin:The marker is a uppercase ascii letters (A, B, C, … Z).
Syntax:
list-style-type: upper-latin;
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>CSS list-style-type Property</title><style>.geek1 {list-style-type: upper-latin;}</style></head><body><h1style="text-align: center; color: green">list-style-type: upper-latin;</h1><p>Sorting Algorithms</p><ulclass="geek1"><li>Bubble Sort </li><li>Merge Sort</li><li>Insertion Sort</li></ul></body></html>Output:
- none:No marker is shown in this mode.
Syntax:list-style-type: none;
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>CSS list-style-type Property</title><style>.geek1 {list-style-type: none;}</style></head><body><h1style="text-align: center; color: green">list-style-type: none;</h1><p>Sorting Algorithms</p><ulclass="geek1"><li>Bubble Sort </li><li>Merge Sort</li><li>Insertion Sort</li></ul></body></html>Output:
Note: lower-alpha and upper-alpha are same as lower-latin and upper-latin respectively.
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by list-style-type property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1.0
- Internet Explorer 4.0
- Firefox 1.0
- Opera 7.0
- Apple Safari 1.0
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