The list-style-type property

The list-style-type sets the type of the list-item marker.

Note: Some browsers only support the "disc" value.

Inherited: Yes

Example

ul
{
list-style-type: disc
}

Possible Values

Value	Description	NN	IE
none	No marker	4.0	4.0
disc	The marker is a filled circle	4.0	4.0
circle	The marker is a circle	4.0	4.0
square	The marker is a square	4.0	4.0
decimal	The marker is a number	4.0	4.0
decimal-leading-zero	The marker is a number padded by initial zeros (01, 02, 03, etc.)
lower-roman	The marker is lower-roman (i, ii, iii, iv, v, etc.)	4.0	4.0
upper-roman	The marker is upper-roman (I, II, III, IV, V, etc.)	4.0	4.0
lower-alpha	The marker is lower-alpha (a, b, c, d, e, etc.)	4.0	4.0
upper-alpha	The marker is upper-alpha (A, B, C, D, E, etc.)	4.0	4.0
lower-greek	The marker is lower-greek (alpha, beta, gamma, etc.)
lower-latin	The marker is lower-latin (a, b, c, d, e, etc.)
upper-latin	The marker is upper-latin (A, B, C, D, E, etc.)
hebrew	The marker is traditional Hebrew numbering
armenian	The marker is traditional Armenian numbering
georgian	The marker is traditional Georgian numbering (an, ban, gan, etc.)
cjk-ideographic	The marker is plain ideographic numbers
hiragana	The marker is: a, i, u, e, o, ka, ki, etc.
katakana	The marker is: A, I, U, E, O, KA, KI, etc.
hiragana-iroha	The marker is: i, ro, ha, ni, ho, he, to, etc.
katakana-iroha	The marker is: I, RO, HA, NI, HO, HE, TO, etc.

Browser Notes

Notes in IE 4.0+:

This property works with ordered lists and unordered lists
This property does not work with definition lists
This property does not work with elements with "display" property set to "list-item"
Unordered lists have a default "list-style-type" value of "disc"
Ordered lists have a default "list-style-type" value of "decimal"

Notes in Netscape 4.0+:

This property works with ordered lists and unordered lists
This property does not work with definition lists
This property does not work with elements with "display" property set to "list-item"
Unordered lists have a default "list-style-type" value of "disc"
Ordered lists have a default "list-style-type" value of "decimal"
Only "decimal", "lower-roman", "upper-roman", "lower-alpha", and "upper-alpha" work on ordered lists
Only "none", "disc", "circle" and "square" work on unordered lists

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