CSS Lists

HTML Lists and CSS List Properties

In HTML, there are two main types of lists:

• unordered lists (<ul>) - the list items are marked with bullets
• ordered lists (<ol>) - the list items are marked with numbers or letters

The CSS list properties allow you to:

Set different list item markers for ordered lists

Set different list item markers for unordered lists

Set an image as the list item marker

Add background colors to lists and list items

Different List Item Markers

The list-style-type property specifies the type of list item marker.

The following example shows some of the available list item markers:

Example

Output :

An Image as The List Item Marker

The list-style-image property specifies an image as the list item marker:

Example

Here, we want to use a font named "Trirong" from Google Fonts:

Output :

Position The List Item Markers

The list-style-position property specifies the position of the list-item markers (bullet points).

Example

Output :

Remove Default Settings

The list-style-type:none property can also be used to remove the markers/bullets. Note that the list also has default margin and padding. To remove this, add margin:0 and padding:0 to <ul> or <ol>:

Example

Output :

Styling List With Colors

We can also style lists with colors, to make them look a little more interesting.

Anything added to the <ul> or <ol> tag, affects the entire list, while properties added to the <li> tag will affect the individual list items:

Example

Output :

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