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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS Lists and Counters Module Level 3</title>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<link href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/default.css" rel=stylesheet
type="text/css">
<style>
code.inline { white-space: nowrap; }
.alphabetic-example { font-family: monospace; font-size: 90%; margin: 1em 0 1em 2em; }
.alphabetic-example > span { display: inline-block; width: 50px;}
.alphabetic-example > span > img { width: 16px; height: 16px; }
pre > code { white-space: pre-wrap; }
.nobr { white-space: nowrap;}
</style>
<link href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-ED" rel=stylesheet
type="text/css">
<body>
<div class=head> <!--begin-logo-->
<p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt=W3C height=48
src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width=72></a> <!--end-logo-->
<h1>CSS Lists and Counters Module Level 3</h1>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 15 June 2012</h2>
<dl>
<dt>This version:
<dd><!--<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-lists-20120615">http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-lists-20120615</a></dd>-->
<a
href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-lists/">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-lists/</a>
<dt>Latest version:
<dd><a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-lists/">http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-lists/</a>
<dt>Previous version:
<dd><a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-lists-20021107/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-lists-20021107/</a>
<dt>Editor:
<dd><a href="http://www.xanthir.com/contact">Tab Atkins Jr.</a>, Google
Inc.
<dt>Previous Editors:</dt>
<!-- in the order tantek requested -->
<dd>Ian Hickson, <a href="mailto:ian@hixie.ch">ian@hixie.ch</a>
<dd><span lang=tr>Tantek Çelı̇k</span>, Microsoft Corporation, <a
href="mailto:tantekc@microsoft.com">tantekc@microsoft.com</a>
<dt>Contributors:</dt>
<!-- in order of volume of input -->
<dd>Simon Montagu, AOL-TW/Netscape, <a
href="mailto:smontagu@netscape.com">smontagu@netscape.com</a>
<dd>Daniel Yacob, <a href="mailto:yacob@geez.org">yacob@geez.org</a>
<dd>Christopher Hoess, <a
href="mailto:choess@stwing.upenn.edu">choess@stwing.upenn.edu</a>
<dd>Daniel Glazman, AOL-TW/Netscape, <a
href="mailto:glazman@netscape.com">glazman@netscape.com</a>
</dl>
<!--begin-copyright-->
<p class=copyright><a
href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright"
rel=license>Copyright</a> © 2012 <a href="http://www.w3.org/"><abbr
title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr></a><sup>®</sup> (<a
href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/"><abbr
title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</abbr></a>, <a
href="http://www.ercim.eu/"><abbr
title="European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics">ERCIM</abbr></a>,
<a href="http://www.keio.ac.jp/">Keio</a>), All Rights Reserved. W3C <a
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and <a
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use</a> rules apply.</p>
<!--end-copyright-->
<hr title="Separator for header">
</div>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=abstract> Abstract</h2>
<p>CSS is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents
(such as HTML and XML) on screen, on paper, in speech, etc. This draft
contains the features of CSS level 3 relating to list styling. It
includes and extends the functionality of CSS level 2 <a href="#CSS21"
rel=biblioentry>[CSS21]<!--{{!CSS21}}--></a>, which builds on CSS level 1
<a href="#CSS1" rel=biblioentry>[CSS1]<!--{{CSS1}}--></a>. The main
extensions compared to level 2 are a pseudo-element representing the list
marker, and a method for authors to define their own list-styles.
<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=status> Status of this document</h2>
<!--begin-status-->
<p>This is a public copy of the editors' draft. It is provided for
discussion only and may change at any moment. Its publication here does
not imply endorsement of its contents by W3C. Don't cite this document
other than as work in progress.
<p>The (<a
href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/">archived</a>) public
mailing list <a
href="mailto:www-style@w3.org?Subject=%5Bcss3-lists%5D%20PUT%20SUBJECT%20HERE">
www-style@w3.org</a> (see <a
href="http://www.w3.org/Mail/Request">instructions</a>) is preferred for
discussion of this specification. When sending e-mail, please put the text
“css3-lists” in the subject, preferably like this:
“[<!---->css3-lists<!---->] <em>…summary of comment…</em>”
<p>This document was produced by the <a href="/Style/CSS/members">CSS
Working Group</a> (part of the <a href="/Style/">Style Activity</a>).
<p>This document was produced by a group operating under the <a
href="/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/">5 February 2004 W3C Patent
Policy</a>. W3C maintains a <a href="/2004/01/pp-impl/32061/status"
rel=disclosure>public list of any patent disclosures</a> made in
connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also includes
instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual
knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains <a
href="/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-essential">Essential
Claim(s)</a> must disclose the information in accordance with <a
href="/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Disclosure">section 6 of the
W3C Patent Policy</a>.</p>
<!--end-status-->
<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=contents> Table of contents</h2>
<!--begin-toc-->
<ul class=toc>
<li><a href="#introduction"><span class=secno>1. </span> Introduction</a>
<li><a href="#declaring-a-list-item"><span class=secno>2. </span>
Declaring a List Item</a>
<li><a href="#marker-content"><span class=secno>3. </span> Marker Content:
The ‘<code class=property>list-style-image</code>’ and ‘<code
class=property>list-style-type</code>’ properties</a>
<li><a href="#list-style-position-property"><span class=secno>4. </span>
Marker Position: The ‘<code
class=property>list-style-position</code>’ property</a>
<li><a href="#list-style-property"><span class=secno>5. </span> The
‘<code class=property>list-style</code>’ shorthand property</a>
<li><a href="#marker-pseudo-element"><span class=secno>6. </span> Markers:
The <code class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element</a>
<ul class=toc>
<li><a href="#content-property"><span class=secno>6.1. </span>
Generating the computed value of the ‘<code
class=property>content</code>’ property</a>
</ul>
<li><a href="#positioning-markers"><span class=secno>7. </span>
Positioning Markers</a>
<ul class=toc>
<li><a href="#position-marker"><span class=secno>7.1. </span> The
‘<code class=css>marker</code>’ value for ‘<code
class=property>position</code>’</a>
<li><a href="#marker-attachment"><span class=secno>7.2. </span> The
‘<code class=property>marker-attachment</code>’ property</a>
</ul>
<li><a href="#counter"><span class=secno>8. </span> Automatic Counters and
Numbering: the ‘<code class=property>counter-increment</code>’,
‘<code class=property>counter-set</code>’ and ‘<code
class=property>counter-reset</code>’ properties</a>
<ul class=toc>
<li><a href="#nested-counters"><span class=secno>8.1. </span> Nested
counters and scope</a>
<li><a href="#counters-without-boxes"><span class=secno>8.2. </span>
Counters in elements that do not generate boxes</a>
</ul>
<li><a href="#counter-function"><span class=secno>9. </span> Printing
Counters: the ‘<code class=css>counter()</code>’ and ‘<code
class=css>counters()</code>’ functions</a>
<li><a href="#counter-style"><span class=secno>10. </span> Defining Custom
Counter Styles: the ‘<code class=css>@counter-style</code>’ rule</a>
<ul class=toc>
<li><a href="#counter-style-type"><span class=secno>10.1. </span>
Counter algorithms: the ‘<code class=property>type</code>’
descriptor</a>
<ul class=toc>
<li><a href="#repeating"><span class=secno>10.1.1. </span>
repeating</a>
<li><a href="#numeric"><span class=secno>10.1.2. </span> numeric</a>
<li><a href="#alphabetic"><span class=secno>10.1.3. </span>
alphabetic</a>
<li><a href="#symbolic"><span class=secno>10.1.4. </span> symbolic</a>
<li><a href="#non-repeating"><span class=secno>10.1.5. </span>
non-repeating</a>
<li><a href="#additive"><span class=secno>10.1.6. </span> additive</a>
<li><a href="#override"><span class=secno>10.1.7. </span> override</a>
</ul>
<li><a href="#counter-style-negative"><span class=secno>10.2. </span>
Formatting negative values: the ‘<code
class=property>negative</code>’ descriptor</a>
<li><a href="#counter-style-prefix"><span class=secno>10.3. </span>
Symbols before the marker: the ‘<code class=property>prefix</code>’
descriptor</a>
<li><a href="#counter-style-suffix"><span class=secno>10.4. </span>
Symbols after the marker: the ‘<code class=property>suffix</code>’
descriptor</a>
<li><a href="#counter-style-range"><span class=secno>10.5. </span>
Limiting the counter scope: the ‘<code class=property>range</code>’
descriptor</a>
<li><a href="#counter-style-fallback"><span class=secno>10.6. </span>
Defining fallback: the ‘<code class=property>fallback</code>’
descriptor</a>
<li><a href="#counter-style-symbols"><span class=secno>10.7. </span>
Marker characters: the ‘<code class=property>symbols</code>’ and
‘<code class=property>additive-symbols</code>’ descriptors</a>
</ul>
<li><a href="#symbols-function"><span class=secno>11. </span> Defining
Anonymous Counter Styles: the ‘<code class=css>symbols()</code>’
function</a>
<li><a href="#predefined-counters"><span class=secno>12. </span>
Predefined Counter Styles</a>
<li><a href="#ua-stylesheet"><span class=secno>13. </span> Sample style
sheet for HTML</a>
<li class=no-num><a href="#profiles"> Profiles</a>
<li class=no-num><a href="#acknowledgments"> Acknowledgments</a>
<li class=no-num><a href="#changes"> Changes From CSS2.1</a>
<li class=no-num><a href="#references">References</a>
<ul class=toc>
<li class=no-num><a href="#normative-references">Normative
references</a>
<li class=no-num><a href="#other-references">Other references</a>
</ul>
<li class=no-num><a href="#property-index">Property index</a>
<li class=no-num><a href="#index">Index</a>
</ul>
<!--end-toc-->
<hr>
<!-- ====================================================================== -->
<h2 id=introduction><span class=secno>1. </span> Introduction</h2>
<p>The list model in this module differs in some important ways from the
list model in CSS2, specifically in its handling of markers.
Implementation experience suggested the CSS2 model overloaded the ::before
and ::after pseudo-elements with too much behavior, while at the same time
introducing new properties when existing properties were sufficient.
<p>Most block-level elements in CSS generate one principal block box. In
this module, we discuss two CSS mechanisms that cause an element to have
an associated marker: one method associates one principal block box (for
the element's content) with a separate marker box (for decoration such as
a bullet, image, or number), and the other inserts a marker box into the
principal box. Unlike :before and :after content, the marker box cannot
affect the position of the principal box, whatever the positioning scheme.
<div class=html-example>
<p>For instance, the following example illustrates how markers may be used
to add parentheses around each numbered list item. This HTML application
and style sheet:</p>
<pre>
<style>
li::marker { content: "(" counter(list-item, lower-roman) ")"; }
li { display: list-item; }
</style>
<ol>
<li>This is the first item.</li>
<li>This is the second item.</li>
<li>This is the third item.</li>
</ol></pre>
<p>should produce something like this:</p>
<pre>
(i) This is the first item.
(ii) This is the second item.
(iii) This is the third item.
</pre>
</div>
<p>With descendant selectors and child selectors, it's possible to specify
different marker types depending on the depth of embedded lists.
<p class=issue>A future release of this module will probably include ways
to render tree lists.</p>
<!-- ====================================================================== -->
<h2 id=declaring-a-list-item><span class=secno>2. </span> Declaring a List
Item</h2>
<p>To declare a <dfn id=list-item>list item</dfn>, the ‘<code
class=property>display</code>’property must be set to ‘<code
class=css>list-item</code>’ or ‘<a href="#inline-list-item"><code
class=css>inline-list-item</code></a>’ (defined later in this section).
This, in addition to generating a ‘<code
class=css>::marker</code>’pseudo-element and enabling the properties
described below for that element, causes that element to increment the
list item counter ‘<code class=css>list-item</code>’: if the element
doesn't otherwise have a ‘<a href="#counter-increment"><code
class=property>counter-increment</code></a>’ declaration, it must act as
if ‘<code class=css>counter-increment: list-item</code>’ were
specified. (This does not affect the specified or computed values of the
counter properties.)
<p>The ‘<code class=css>list-item</code>’ counter is a real counter,
and can be directly affected using the ‘<a
href="#counter-increment"><code
class=property>counter-increment</code></a>’ and ‘<a
href="#counter-reset"><code class=css>counter-reset</code></a>’
properties. It can also be used in the ‘<code
class=css>counter()</code>’ and ‘<code class=css>counters()</code>’
functions.
<table class=propdef>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Property:
<td>‘<code class=property>display</code>’
<tr>
<th>New Value:
<td><dfn id=inline-list-item>inline-list-item</dfn>
<tr>
<th>Initial:
<td>same as CSS2.1
<tr>
<th>Applies to:
<td>same as CSS2.1
<tr>
<th>Inherited:
<td>same as CSS2.1
<tr>
<th>Percentages:
<td>same as CSS2.1
<tr>
<th>Media:
<td>same as CSS2.1
<tr>
<th>Computed value:
<td>same as CSS2.1
</table>
<p>The ‘<a href="#inline-list-item"><code
class=css>inline-list-item</code></a>’ display value makes the element a
list item, which means it can generate a <code class=css>::marker</code>
pseudo-element. The element also affects the predefined ‘<code
class=css>list-item</code>’ counter, as specified above. Otherwise, this
display value is treated identically to ‘<code
class=css>inline</code>’.
<p class=note>This display value is silly, and only necessary because we
haven't yet defined ‘<code class=property>display</code>’ to be split
into subproperties. When that happens, "being a list item" will just be a
property value that can apply to block, inline, and other elements.</p>
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<h2 id=marker-content><span class=secno>3. </span> Marker Content: The
‘<a href="#list-style-image"><code
class=property>list-style-image</code></a>’ and ‘<a
href="#list-style-type"><code class=property>list-style-type</code></a>’
properties</h2>
<table class=propdef>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Name:
<td><dfn id=list-style-image>list-style-image</dfn>
<tr>
<th>Value:
<td><image> | none
<tr>
<th>Initial
<td>none
<tr>
<th>Applies To:
<td><a href="#list-item"><i title="list item">list items</i></a>
<tr>
<th>Inherited:
<td>yes
<tr>
<th>Percentages:
<td>N/A
<tr>
<th>Media:
<td>visual
<tr>
<th>Computed Value:
<td>specified value
</table>
<p>The ‘<a href="#list-style-type"><code
class=property>list-style-type</code></a>’ property specifies an image
that will be used as the list marker. If the value resolves to a valid
image, the image must be used as the default contents of the <code
class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element.
<p>If the value ‘<a href="#none"><code class=css>none</code></a>’ is
provided, or the <i><image></i> doesn't resolve to a valid image, then
the default contents are given by ‘<a href="#list-style-type"><code
class=property>list-style-type</code></a>’ instead.
<div class=example>
<p>The following example sets the marker at the beginning of each list
item to be the image "ellipse.png".</p>
<pre>LI { list-style-image: url("http://www.example.com/ellipse.png") }</pre>
</div>
<table class=propdef>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Name:
<td><dfn id=list-style-type>list-style-type</dfn>
<tr>
<th>Value:
<td><string> | <counter-style> | none
<tr>
<th>Initial:
<td>disc
<tr>
<th>Applies To:
<td><a href="#list-item"><i title="list item">list items</i></a>
<tr>
<th>Inherited:
<td>yes
<tr>
<th>Percentages:
<td>N/A
<tr>
<th>Media:
<td>visual
<tr>
<th>Computed Value:
<td>specified value
</table>
<p>When the ‘<a href="#list-style-image"><code
class=property>list-style-image</code></a>’ property is ‘<a
href="#none"><code class=css>none</code></a>’ or not a valid image, the
‘<a href="#list-style-type"><code
class=property>list-style-type</code></a>’ property must be used to
construct the default contents of a list item's marker; otherwise, the
‘<a href="#list-style-type"><code
class=property>list-style-type</code></a>’ property must be ignored and
have no effect.
<dl>
<dt><string>
<dd>The <code class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element must use the
provided string as its default contents.
<dt><a href="#ltcounter-style"><i><counter-style></i></a>
<dd>
<p>The <code class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element's default contents
must be the value of the ‘<code class=css>list-item</code>’ counter,
formatted according to the given counter style. Algorithms for
formatting a value according to a counter style are given later in this
spec.</p>
<p>This specification defines a method for authors to create their own
counter styles, both <a href="#counter-style">named</a> and <a
href="#symbols-function">anonymous</a>, which may be used here.
Additionally, many useful counter styles are predefined in the sections
on <a href="#predefined-counters">Complex Counter Styles</a> and <a
href="#ua-stylesheet">Predefined Counter Styles</a>.</p>
<dt><dfn id=none>none</dfn>
<dd>The <code class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element must have no
default contents. This will suppress the creation of a marker unless the
<code class=css>::marker</code> has its contents specified directly
through the ‘<code class=property>content</code>’ property.
</dl>
<div class=example>
<p>The following examples illustrate how to set markers to various values:</p>
<pre>
ul { list-style-type: "★"; }
/* Sets the marker to a "star" character */
p.note {
display: list-item;
list-style-type: "Note:";
list-style-position: inside;
}
/* Gives note paragraphs a marker consisting of the string "Note:" */
ol { list-style-type: upper-roman; }
/* Sets all ordered lists to use the upper-roman counter-style
(<a
href="#upper-roman">defined in this specification</a>) */
ul { list-style-type: symbols('○' '●' as repeating); }
/* Sets all unordered list items to alternate between empty and
filled circles for their markers. */
ul { list-style-type: none; }
/* Suppresses the marker entirely, unless list-style-image is specified
with a valid image, or the marker's contents are set explicitly via
the 'content' property. */</pre>
</div>
<p>The <a href="#ltcounter-style"><i><counter-style></i></a> type is
defined as:
<pre><dfn
id=ltcounter-style><counter-style></dfn> = <identifier> | <symbols-function></pre>
<p>where the <identifier> must be the name of a valid custom counter
style defined with the ‘<code class=css>@counter-style</code>’ rule.</p>
<!-- ====================================================================== -->
<h2 id=list-style-position-property><span class=secno>4. </span> Marker
Position: The ‘<a href="#list-style-position"><code
class=property>list-style-position</code></a>’ property</h2>
<table class=propdef>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Name:
<td><dfn id=list-style-position>list-style-position</dfn>
<tr>
<th>Value:
<td>inside | outside
<tr>
<th>Initial:
<td>outside
<tr>
<th>Applies To:
<td><a href="#list-item"><i title="list item">list items</i></a>
<tr>
<th>Inherited:
<td>yes
<tr>
<th>Percentages:
<td>N/A
<tr>
<th>Media:
<td>visual
<tr>
<th>Computed Value:
<td>specified value
</table>
<p>This property specifies the position of the <code
class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element's box in the <a
href="#list-item"><i>list item</i></a>. Values have the following
meanings:
<dl>
<dt><dfn id=inside>inside</dfn>
<dd>The <code class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element is a ‘<code
class=css>display:inline</code>’ element placed immediately before the
‘<code class=css>::before</code>’ pseudo-element in the <a
href="#list-item"><i>list item</i></a>‘<code class=css>s principle box,
after which the element</code>’s content flows. Note that if there is
no inline content, this will create a line box, just as content in an
inline ‘<code class=css>::before</code>’ pseudo-element would. Also
note that all the properties that apply to inline elements apply to the
<code class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element in this state, and this
<code class=css>::marker</code> box participates in the inline box model
in the normal manner.
<dt><dfn id=outside>outside</dfn>
<dd>As ‘<a href="#inside"><code class=css>inside</code></a>’, plus the
‘<code class=property>position</code>’ property on the <code
class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element must computer to ‘<code
class=css>marker</code>’. The section on the new ‘<code
class=property>marker</code>’ value for ‘<code
class=property>position</code>’ explains the consequences of this.
Additionally, the base directionality of the <code
class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element (used as an input to the bidi
resolution algorithm) must be taken from the marker's <a
href="#marker-positioning-reference-element"><i>marker positioning
reference element</i></a>.
</dl>
<p>Note that a marker is only generated if the computed value of the
‘<code class=property>content</code>’ property for the element's <code
class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element is not ‘<a href="#none"><code
class=css>none</code></a>’.
<p class=issue>Should I make this always compute to ‘<a
href="#inside"><code class=css>inside</code></a>’ when the list item is
‘<code class=css>display:inline-list-item</code>’? See the thread at
<a
href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Jun/0232.html">http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Jun/0232.html</a>.
<div class=example>
<p>For example:
<pre>
<style>
ul.compact { list-style: inside; }
ul { list-style: outside; }
</style>
<ul class=compact>
<li>first "inside" list item comes first</li>
<li>second "inside" list item comes first</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<ul>
<li>first "outside" list item comes first</li>
<li>second "outside" list item comes first</li>
</ul></pre>
<p>The above example may be formatted as:</p>
<pre>
* first "inside" list
item comes first
* second "inside" list
item comes second
========================
* first "outside" list
item comes first
* second "outside" list
item comes second</pre>
</div>
<!-- ====================================================================== -->
<h2 id=list-style-property><span class=secno>5. </span> The ‘<a
href="#list-style"><code class=property>list-style</code></a>’ shorthand
property</h2>
<table class=propdef>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Name:
<td><dfn id=list-style>list-style</dfn>
<tr>
<th>Value:
<td><‘<a href="#list-style-type"><code
class=property>list-style-type</code></a>’> || <‘<a
href="#list-style-position"><code
class=property>list-style-position</code></a>’> || <‘<a
href="#list-style-image"><code
class=property>list-style-image</code></a>’>
<tr>
<th>Initial:
<td>see individual properties
<tr>
<th>Applies To:
<td><a href="#list-item"><i title="list item">list items</i></a>
<tr>
<th>Inherited:
<td>yes
<tr>
<th>Percentages:
<td>N/A
<tr>
<th>Media:
<td>visual
<tr>
<th>Computed Value:
<td>see individual properties
</table>
<p>The ‘<a href="#list-style"><code
class=property>list-style</code></a>’ property is a shorthand notation
for setting the three properties ‘<a href="#list-style-type"><code
class=property>list-style-type</code></a>’, ‘<a
href="#list-style-image"><code
class=property>list-style-image</code></a>’, and ‘<a
href="#list-style-position"><code
class=property>list-style-position</code></a>’ at the same place in the
style sheet.
<div class=example>
<p>For example:</p>
<pre>
UL { list-style: upper-roman inside } /* Any UL */
UL UL { list-style: circle outside } /* Any UL child of a UL */
</pre>
</div>
<p>Using a value of ‘<a href="#none"><code class=css>none</code></a>’
in the shorthand is potentially ambiguous, as ‘<a href="#none"><code
class=css>none</code></a>’ is a valid value for both ‘<a
href="#list-style-image"><code
class=property>list-style-image</code></a>’ and ‘<a
href="#list-style-type"><code
class=property>list-style-type</code></a>’. To resolve this ambiguity, a
value of ‘<a href="#none"><code class=css>none</code></a>’ in the
shorthand must be applied to whichever of the two properties aren't
otherwise set by the shorthand.
<div class=example>
<pre>
list-style: none disc;
/* Sets the image to "none" and the type to "disc". */
list-style: none url(bullet.png);
/* Sets the image to "url(bullet.png)" and the type to "none". */
list-style: none;
/* Sets both image and type to "none". */
list-style: none disc url(bullet.png);
/* Syntax error */</pre>
</div>
<p>Although authors may specify ‘<a href="#list-style"><code
class=property>list-style</code></a>’ information directly on list item
elements (e.g., LI in HTML), they should do so with care. Consider the
following rules:
<div class=example>
<pre>
ol.alpha li { list-style: lower-alpha; }
ul li { list-style: disc; }
/* These won't work as expected. If you nest a <ul>
into an <ol class=alpha>, the first rule's specificity
will make the <ul>'s list items use the lower-alpha style. */
ol.alpha > li { list-style: lower-alpha; }
ul > li { list-style: disc; }
/* These work as intended. */
ol.alpha { list-style: lower-alpha; }
ul { list-style: disc; }
/* So do these, since inheritance will transfer the
'list-style' value to the list items. */</pre>
</div>
<!-- ====================================================================== -->
<h2 id=marker-pseudo-element><span class=secno>6. </span> Markers: The
<code class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element</h2>
<p>Markers are created by setting an element's ‘<code
class=property>display</code>’ property to ‘<code
class=css>list-item</code>’ or ‘<a href="#inline-list-item"><code
class=css>inline-list-item</code></a>’. The <code
class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element is only created if the computed
value of the ‘<code class=property>content</code>’ property for the
pseudo-element is not ‘<a href="#none"><code
class=css>none</code></a>’.
<p>Just like other generated content, markers generate a box when they're
created, which can be styled with the full range of properties and values.
Markers are placed at the beginning of their superior parent's content,
before the ::before pseudo-element (if it exists). <code
class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-elements are inline by default, though
certain values for ‘<a href="#list-style-position"><code
class=property>list-style-position</code></a>’ on the list item can make
the marker box positioned, which can have an effect on the computed value
of display.
<div class=example>
<p>In the following example, the content is centered within a marker box
of a fixed width. This document:</p>
<pre>
<style>
li::marker {
content: "(" counter(counter) ")";
width: 6em;
text-align: center;
}
li {
display: list-item;
counter-increment: counter;
}
</style>
<ol>
<li>This is the first item.</li>
<li>This is the second item.</li>
<li>This is the third item.</li>
</ol></pre>
<p>should render something like this:</p>
<pre>
(1) This is the
first item.
(2) This is the
second item.
(3) This is the
third item.</pre>
</div>
<div class=example>
<p>In this example, markers are used to number paragraphs that are
designated as "notes":</p>
<pre>
<style>
p { margin-left: 12 em; }
p.note::marker {
content: "Note " counter(note-counter) ":";
text-align: left;
width: 10em;
}
p.note {
display: list-item;
counter-increment: note-counter;
}
</style>
<p>This is the first paragraph in this document.</p>
<p class="note">This is a very short document.</p>
<p>This is the end.</p>
</pre>
<p>It should render something like this:</p>
<pre>
This is the first paragraph
in this document.
Note 1: This is a very short
document.
This is the end.</pre>
</div>
<div class=example>
<p>By using the <code class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element, a list's
markers can be positioned much more flexibly, and even be styled
independently from the text of the list item itself:</p>
<pre>
<style>
p { margin-left: 8em } /* Make space for counters */
li { list-style-type: lower-roman; }
li::marker { margin: 0 3em 0 0; color: blue; }
</style>
<p>This is a long preceding paragraph ...</p>
<ol>
<li>This is the first item.</li>
<li>This is the second item.</li>
<li>This is the third item.</li>
</ol>
<p>This is a long following paragraph ...</p></pre>
<p>The preceding document should render something like this:</p>
<pre>
This is a long preceding
paragraph ...
<span
style="color:blue">i.</span> This is the first item.
<span
style="color:blue">ii.</span> This is the second item.
<span
style="color:blue">iii.</span> This is the third item.
This is a long following
paragraph ...</pre>
<p>Previously the only way to style a marker was through inheritance; one
had to put the desired marker styling on the list item, and then revert
that on a wrapper element around the list item's actual contents.
Non-inherited properties like ‘<code class=property>margin</code>’
couldn't be adjusted at all on the marker.</p>
</div>
<!-- ====================================================================== -->
<h3 id=content-property><span class=secno>6.1. </span> Generating the
computed value of the ‘<code class=property>content</code>’ property</h3>
<p>If a <code class=css>::marker</code> pseudo-element has its ‘<code
class=property>content</code>’ property set to ‘<code
class=css>normal</code>’, the computed value of the marker's ‘<code
class=property>content</code>’ property must be determined according to
the following algorithm:
<ol>
<li>If the computed value of ‘<a href="#list-style-image"><code
class=property>list-style-image</code></a>’ is a valid <image>, then
the computed value of the ‘<code class=property>content</code>’
property is that image.
<li>Otherwise, if the computed value of ‘<a
href="#list-style-type"><code
class=property>list-style-type</code></a>’ is a <string>, then the
computed value of the ‘<code class=property>content</code>’ property
is that string.