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How to make list-item markers ordered lists with CSS


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The below HTML and CSS code example shows you how to make list-item markers ordered lists with CSS.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

<head>
<title>this is the title of the web page</title>

<style type="text/css">

ol.decimal {list-style-type: decimal;}
ol.lowerroman {list-style-type: lower-roman;}
ol.upperroman {list-style-type: upper-roman;}
ol.loweralpha {list-style-type: lower-alpha;}
ol.upperalpha {list-style-type: upper-alpha;}

</style>

</head>
<body>

<ol class="decimal">
<li>HTML</li>
<li>XHTML</li>
<li>CSS</li>
</ol>

<ol class="lowerroman">
<li>HTML</li>
<li>XHTML</li>
<li>CSS</li>
</ol>

<ol class="upperroman">
<li>HTML</li>
<li>XHTML</li>
<li>CSS</li>
</ol>

<ol class="loweralpha">
<li>HTML</li>
<li>XHTML</li>
<li>CSS</li>
</ol>

<ol class="upperalpha">
<li>HTML</li>
<li>XHTML</li>
<li>CSS</li>
</ol>

</body>
</html>

The above HTML and CSS code makes the lists below, each with different list item-markers.

  • HTML
  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • HTML
  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • HTML
  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • HTML
  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • HTML
  • XHTML
  • CSS

Use the text editor below to practice making ordered lists with different list-item markers.