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.
- circle: The marker is a hollow circle.
- square: The marker is a square.
- decimal: The marker is a decimal number, beginning with 1.
- lower-roman: The marker is a lowercase Roman numeral (i, ii, iii, iv, v, etc.).
- upper-roman: The marker is uppercase Roman numerals (I, II, III, IV, V, etc.).
- lower-greek: The marker is a lowercase classical Greek alpha, beta, gamma, … (??, ?…).
- upper-Latin: The marker is an uppercase ASCII letter (A, B, C, … Z).
- lower-Latin: The marker is a lowercase ASCII letter (a, b, c, … z).
- none: No marker is shown in this mode.
Example: In this example, we are using list-style-type: disc; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS list-style-type Property</title>
<style>
.geek1 {
list-style-type: disc;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="text-align: center; color: green">
list-style-type: disc;
</h1>
<p>Sorting Algorithms</p>
<ul class="geek1">
<li>Bubble Sort </li>
<li>Merge Sort</li>
<li>Insertion Sort</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
|
Output: 
Example: In this example, we are using list-style-type: circle; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS list-style-type Property</title>
<style>
.geek1 {
list-style-type: circle;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="text-align: center; color: green">
list-style-type: circle;
</h1>
<p>Sorting Algorithms</p>
<ul class="geek1">
<li>Bubble Sort </li>
<li>Merge Sort</li>
<li>Insertion Sort</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
|
Output: 
Example: In this example, we are using list-style-type: square; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS list-style-type Property</title>
<style>
.geek1 {
list-style-type: square;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="text-align: center; color: green">
list-style-type: square;
</h1>
<p>Sorting Algorithms</p>
<ul class="geek1">
<li>Bubble Sort </li>
<li>Merge Sort</li>
<li>Insertion Sort</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
|
Output:
Example: In this example, we are using list-style-type: decimal; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS list-style-type Property</title>
<style>
.geek1 {
list-style-type: decimal;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="text-align: center; color: green">
list-style-type: decimal;
</h1>
<p>Sorting Algorithms</p>
<ul class="geek1">
<li>Bubble Sort </li>
<li>Merge Sort</li>
<li>Insertion Sort</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
|
Output:
Example: In this example, we are using list-style-type: lower-roman; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS list-style-type Property</title>
<style>
.geek1 {
list-style-type: lower-roman;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="text-align: center; color: green">
list-style-type: lower-roman;
</h1>
<p>Sorting Algorithms</p>
<ul class="geek1">
<li>Bubble Sort </li>
<li>Merge Sort</li>
<li>Insertion Sort</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
|
Output:
Example: In this example, we are using list-style-type: upper-roman; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS list-style-type Property</title>
<style>
.geek1 {
list-style-type: upper-roman;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="text-align: center; color: green">
list-style-type: upper-roman;
</h1>
<p>Sorting Algorithms</p>
<ul class="geek1">
<li>Bubble Sort </li>
<li>Merge Sort</li>
<li>Insertion Sort</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
|
Output: 
Example: In this example, we are using list-style-type: lower-greek; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS list-style-type Property</title>
<style>
.geek1 {
list-style-type: lower-greek;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="text-align: center; color: green">
list-style-type: lower-greek;
</h1>
<p>Sorting Algorithms</p>
<ul class="geek1">
<li>Bubble Sort </li>
<li>Merge Sort</li>
<li>Insertion Sort</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
|
Output: 
Example: In this example, we are using list-style-type: lower-latin; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS list-style-type Property</title>
<style>
.geek1 {
list-style-type: lower-latin;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="text-align: center; color: green">
list-style-type: lower-latin;
</h1>
<p>Sorting Algorithms</p>
<ul class="geek1">
<li>Bubble Sort </li>
<li>Merge Sort</li>
<li>Insertion Sort</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
|
Output: 
Example: In this example, we are using list-style-type: upper-latin; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS list-style-type Property</title>
<style>
.geek1 {
list-style-type: upper-latin;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="text-align: center; color: green">
list-style-type: upper-latin;
</h1>
<p>Sorting Algorithms</p>
<ul class="geek1">
<li>Bubble Sort </li>
<li>Merge Sort</li>
<li>Insertion Sort</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
|
Output:
Example: In this example, we are using list-style-type: none; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS list-style-type Property</title>
<style>
.geek1 {
list-style-type: none;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="text-align: center; color: green">
list-style-type: none;
</h1>
<p>Sorting Algorithms</p>
<ul class="geek1">
<li>Bubble Sort </li>
<li>Merge Sort</li>
<li>Insertion Sort</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
|
Output: 
Note: lower-alpha and upper-alpha are the 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
- Edge 12.0
- Firefox 1.0
- Opera 3.5
- Apple Safari 1.0
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Last Updated :
02 Aug, 2023
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