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:

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    <!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>

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    Output:
    
disc

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  • circle:The marker is a  hollow circle.
    
Syntax: 
    

    list-style-type: circle;
    

    Example: 
    

    

    

    

    

    
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    <!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> 
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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    Output:
    
circle

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  • square:The marker is a  square.
    
Syntax: 
    

    list-style-type: square;
    

    Example: 
    

    

    

    

    

    
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    <!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> 
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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    Output:
    
square

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  • decimal:The marker is a decimal numbers, beginning with 1.
    
Syntax: 
    

    list-style-type: decimal;
    

    Example: 
    

    

    

    

    

    
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    <!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> 
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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    Output:
    
decimal

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  • lower-roman:The marker is a lowercase roman numerals (i, ii, iii, iv, v, etc.).

    Syntax: 
    

    list-style-type: lower-roman;
    

    Example: 
    
          
          
          
          
    
            

    

    

    

    

    
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    <!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> 
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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    Output:
    
lower-roman

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  • upper-roman:The marker is a uppercase roman numerals (I, II, III, IV, V, etc.).

    Syntax: 
    

    list-style-type: upper-roman;
    

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    <!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> 
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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    Output:
    
upper-roman

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  • lower-greek:The marker is a lowercase classical Greek alpha, beta, gamma, … (?, ?, ?, …).

    Syntax: 
    

    list-style-type: lower-greek;
    

    Example: 
    

    

    

    

    

    
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    <!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> 
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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    Output:
    
lower-greek

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  • lower-latin:The marker is a lowercase ascii letters (a, b, c, … z).

    Syntax: 
    

    list-style-type: lower-latin;
    

    Example: 
    

    

    

    

    

    
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    <!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> 
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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    Output:
    
lower-latin

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  • upper-latin:The marker is a uppercase ascii letters (A, B, C, … Z).

    Syntax: 
    

    list-style-type: upper-latin;
    

    Example: 
    

    

    

    

    

    
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    <!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> 
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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    Output:
    
upper-latin

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  • none:No marker is shown in this mode.
    
Syntax: 
    

    list-style-type: none;
    

    Example: 
    

    

    

    

    

    
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    <!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> 
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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    Output:
    
none

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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
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  • Internet Explorer 4.0
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  • Firefox 1.0
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  • Opera 7.0
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  • Apple Safari 1.0
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