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CSS Ordered Lists

CSS

List items are marked with numbers.

CSS ordered list

➔ In an ordered list, each list item is identified by a number.

Syntax

list-style-type: value;

Property values

Common Value Description
decimal e.g. 1, 2, 3
decimal-leading-zero e.g. 01, 02, 03
lower-alpha lower-latin e.g. a, b, c
upper-alpha upper-latin e.g. A, B, C
lower-roman i, ii, iii
upper-roman I, II, III
armenian The marker is the traditional local numbering for armenian.
cjk-ideographic The marker is the traditional local numbering for Chinese characters (Hanzi), Japanese Kanji, and Korean Hanja.
georgian The marker is the traditional local numbering for georgian.
hebrew The marker is the traditional local numbering for Hebrew.
hiragana The marker is the traditional local numbering for hiragana.
katakana The marker is the traditional local numbering for katakana.
initial Sets the property to its default value.
inherit The element inherits the property value from its parent element.

Example

    #p1 {
      list-style-type:decimal;
    }
    #p2 {
      list-style-type:lower-alpha;
    }
    #p3 {
      list-style-type:upper-alpha;
    }
    #p4 {
      list-style-type:lower-roman; 
    }  
    #p5 {
      list-style-type:upper-roman; 
    } 
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