Lists style

In this article we are going to learn about lists style property and circle, square, lower-alpha, upper-alpha, lower-roman and upper-roman values in css, how we can style lists in web pages using Cascading Style Sheets.

Lists style

List style type is a Cascading Style Sheets property that is used to style lists in html by using circle, square, lower-alpha, upper-alpha, lower-roman and upper-roman values and it helps us to both unordered and ordered lists

List style type circle

Let us create a simple list element with a circle value of list-style-type property applied, copy and paste below code.

<!DOCTYPE html>

<head>

<style>

.list-style-example {

list-style-type: circle;

color: white;

background: orange;

}

<style/>

</head>

<body>

<ul class="list-style-example">

<li>Headings</li>

<li>Bold</li>

<li>Italic</li>

<li>Strong</li>

</ul>

</body>

</html>


So, we should have the following results and we can see that our list has empty circles.

  • Headings
  • Bold
  • Italic
  • Strong

List style type square

List-style-type square is css property that is used to style unordered lists with filled squares.

Let us create a simple list element with a square value of list-style-type property applied, copy and paste below code.

<!DOCTYPE html>

<head>

<style>

.list-style-example {

list-style-type: square;

color: white;

background: orange;

}

<style/>

</head>

<body>

<ul class="list-style-example">

<li>Headings</li>

<li>Bold</li>

<li>Italic</li>

<li>Strong</li>

</ul>

</body>

</html>


So, we should have the following results and we can see that our list has filled squares.

  • Headings
  • Bold
  • Italic
  • Strong

List style type lower-alpha

Let us create a simple list element with a lower-alpha value of list-style-type property applied, copy and paste below code.

<!DOCTYPE html>

<head>

<style>

.list-style-example {

list-style-type: lower-alpha;

color: white;

background: orange;

}

<style/>

</head>

<body>

<ul class="list-style-example">

<li>Headings</li>

<li>Bold</li>

<li>Italic</li>

<li>Strong</li>

</ul>

</body>

</html>


So, we should have the following results and we can see that our list is numbered with lower alphabets.

  • Headings
  • Bold
  • Italic
  • Strong

List style type upper-alpha

Let us create a simple list element with a upper-alpha value of list-style-type property applied, copy and paste below code.

<!DOCTYPE html>

<head>

<style>

.list-style-example {

list-style-type: upper-alpha;

color: white;

background: orange;

}

<style/>

</head>

<body>

<ul class="list-style-example">

<li>Headings</li>

<li>Bold</li>

<li>Italic</li>

<li>Strong</li>

</ul>

</body>

</html>


So, we should have the following results and we can see that our list is numbered with upper alphabets.

  • Headings
  • Bold
  • Italic
  • Strong

List style type upper-roman

Let us create a simple list element with loer-roman value of list-style-type property applied, copy and paste below code.

<!DOCTYPE html>

<head>

<style>

.list-style-example {

list-style-type: lower-roman;

color: white;

background: orange;

}

<style/>

</head>

<body>

<ul class="list-style-example">

<li>Headings</li>

<li>Bold</li>

<li>Italic</li>

<li>Strong</li>

</ul>

</body>

</html>


So, we should have the following results and we can see that our list is numbered with lower roman.

  • Headings
  • Bold
  • Italic
  • Strong

List style type upper-roman

Let us create a simple list element with upper-roman value of list-style-type property applied, copy and paste below code.

<!DOCTYPE html>

<head>

<style>

.list-style-example {

list-style-type: upper-roman;

color: white;

background: orange;

}

<style/>

</head>

<body>

<ul class="list-style-example">

<li>Headings</li>

<li>Bold</li>

<li>Italic</li>

<li>Strong</li>

</ul>

</body>

</html>


So, we should have the following results and we can see that our list is numbered with upper roman.

  • Headings
  • Bold
  • Italic
  • Strong

Conclusion

In this article we learnt about lists style property and circle, square, lower-alpha, upper-alpha, lower-roman and upper-roman values in css with examples, how we can style lists in web pages using Cascading Style Sheets.