list-style-position
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
Try it
list-style-position: inside;
list-style-position: outside;
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.default-example {
font-size: 1.2rem;
}
#example-element {
width: 100%;
background: #be094b;
color: white;
}
section {
text-align: left;
flex-direction: column;
}
hr {
width: 50%;
color: lightgray;
margin: 0.5em;
}
.note {
font-size: 0.8rem;
}
.note a {
color: #009e5f;
}
@counter-style space-counter {
symbols: "\1F680" "\1F6F8" "\1F6F0" "\1F52D";
suffix: " ";
}
Syntax
/* Keyword values */
list-style-position: inside;
list-style-position: outside;
/* Global values */
list-style-position: inherit;
list-style-position: initial;
list-style-position: revert;
list-style-position: revert-layer;
list-style-position: unset;
The list-style-position
property is specified as one of the keyword values listed below.
Values
inside
-
The
::marker
is the first element among the list item's contents. outside
-
The
::marker
is outside the principal block box. This is the default value forlist-style
.
Description
This property is applied to list items, i.e., elements with
. By default this includes display
: list-item; elements. Because this property is inherited, it can be set on the parent element (normally
or
) to let it apply to all list items.
If a block element is the first child of a list element declared as list-style-position: inside
, then the block element is placed on the line after the marker-box.
It is often more convenient to use the shorthand list-style
.
Formal definition
Initial value | outside |
---|---|
Applies to | list items |
Inherited | yes |
Computed value | as specified |
Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
list-style-position =
inside |
outside
Examples
Setting list item position
HTML
List 1
- List Item 1-1
- List Item 1-2
- List Item 1-3
- List Item 1-4
List 2
- List Item 2-1
- List Item 2-2
- List Item 2-3
- List Item 2-4
List 3
- List Item 3-1
- List Item 3-2
- List Item 3-3
- List Item 3-4
CSS
.inside {
list-style-position: inside;
list-style-type: square;
}
.outside {
list-style-position: outside;
list-style-type: circle;
}
.inside-img {
list-style-position: inside;
list-style-image: url("star-solid.gif");
}
Result
Specifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Lists and Counters Module Level 3 # list-style-position-property |
Browser compatibility
See also
list-style
shorthandlist-style-type
propertylist-style-image
property::marker
pseudo-element- CSS lists and counters module
- CSS counter styles module