Working the Lists
CSS for this page
body {margin: 40px 200px 40px 100px;}
UL, OL {list-style-position: inside;
border: medium dashed purple; padding: 5px ;}
UL {color: navy; list-style-image: url(listbul.gif);}
OL {color: maroon;}
DL {color: #000000;}
DT {text-decoration: overline;}
The lists types are color-coded as follows:
- Ordered lists: maroon
- This is the default list-style-position for an ordered list.
- This is an example of list-style-position: outside; in an ordered list. The numeral was not visible until a rule of padding-left: 25px; was added.
- This is an example of list-style-position: inside; in an ordered list
- This is the same list as above with this list item added and padding-left: 25px; subtracted.
- This is the default list-style-position for an ordered list.
- This is an example of list-style-position: outside; in an ordered list. The numeral was not visible until a rule of padding-left: 25px; was added.
- This is an example of list-style-position: inside; in an ordered list
- This is the default list-style-position for an unordered list.
- This is an example of list-style-position: outside; in an unordered list. The numeral was not visible until a rule of padding-left: 25px; was added.
- This is an example of list-style-position: inside; in an unordered list
- This is the same list as above with this list item added and padding-left: 25px; subtracted.
- This is the default list-style-position for an unordered list.
- This is an example of list-style-position: outside; in an unordered list. The numeral was not visible until a rule of padding-left: 25px; was added.
- This is an example of list-style-position: inside; in an unordered list
- This is the default list-style-position for an ordered list.
- Then this nested unordered list comes along
- With list-style-position: outside;
- And list-style-position: inside;
- This is an example of list-style-position: outside; in an ordered list. The numeral was not visible until a rule of padding-left: 25px; was added.
- This is an example of list-style-position: inside; in an ordered list
- This is the same list as above with this list item added and padding-left: 25px; subtracted.
- Then this nested unordered list comes along
- With list-style-position: outside;
- And list-style-position: inside;
- This is the default list-style-position for an ordered list.
- This is an example of list-style-position: outside; in an ordered list. The numeral was not visible until a rule of padding-left: 25px; was added.
- This is an example of list-style-position: inside; in an ordered list
- This is the default list-style-position for an unordered list.
- Then this nested ordered list comes along
- With list-style-position: outside;
- And list-style-position: inside;
- This is an example of list-style-position: outside; in an unordered list. The numeral was not visible until a rule of padding-left: 25px; was added.
- This is an example of list-style-position: inside; in an unordered list
Click here to go on to the next example which changes this rule:
UL, OL {list-style-position: inside; padding: 5px;
border: medium dashed purple;}
to:
UL, OL {list-style-position: outside; padding: 5px;
border: medium dashed purple;}