CSS list-style-type Property
Complete CSS Reference
Example
Set some different list styles:
ul.circle {list-style-type:circle}
ul.square {list-style-type:square}
ol.upper-roman {list-style-type:upper-roman}
ol.lower-alpha {list-style-type:lower-alpha} |
Try it yourself »
More examples at the bottom of this page.
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Definition and Usage
The list-style-type specifies the type of list-item marker in a list.
| Default value: |
disc |
| Inherited: |
yes |
| Version: |
CSS1 |
| JavaScript syntax: |
object.style.listStyleType="square" |
Browser Support

The list-style-type property is supported in all major browsers.
Note: No versions of Internet Explorer (including IE8) support the property values
"decimal-leading-zero", "lower-greek", "lower-latin", "upper-latin", "armenian",
"georgian", or "inherit".
Property Values
| Value |
Description |
| none |
No marker |
| circle |
The marker is a circle |
| disc |
The marker is a filled circle. This is default |
| square |
The marker is a square |
| armenian |
The marker is traditional Armenian numbering |
| decimal |
The marker is a number |
| decimal-leading-zero |
The marker is a number padded by initial zeros (01, 02, 03,
etc.) |
| georgian |
The marker is traditional Georgian numbering (an, ban, gan,
etc.) |
| lower-alpha |
The marker is lower-alpha (a, b, c, d, e, etc.) |
| lower-greek |
The marker is lower-greek (alpha, beta, gamma, etc.) |
| lower-latin |
The marker is lower-latin (a, b, c, d, e, etc.) |
| lower-roman |
The marker is lower-roman (i, ii, iii, iv, v,
etc.) |
| upper-alpha |
The marker is upper-alpha (A, B, C, D, E, etc.) |
| upper-latin |
The marker is upper-latin (A, B, C, D, E, etc.) |
| upper-roman |
The marker is upper-roman (I, II, III, IV, V,
etc.) |
| inherit |
Specifies that the value of the list-style-type property should be inherited
from the parent element |
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Try it Yourself - Examples |
All the different list-item markers in lists
This example demonstrates all the different list-item markers.
Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS List
CSS reference: list-style property
HTML DOM reference: listStyleType property
Complete CSS Reference
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