Using CSS we can change the style of list item HTML In HTML there are two type of list:
<ul>: an unorder list marked with bullet
<ol>: an order list item that are marked with number or letters.
CSS List style type
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
ul.a {
list-style-type: circle;
}
ul.b {
list-style-type: square;
}
ol.c {
list-style-type: upper-roman;
}
ol.d {
list-style-type: lower-alpha;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Example of unordered lists:</p>
<ul class="a">
<li>Red</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
</ul>
<ul class="b">
<li>Red</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
</ul>
<p>Example of ordered lists:</p>
<ol class="c">
<li>Red</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
</ol>
<ol class="d">
<li>Red</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
Add Image in list marker
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
ul {
list-style-image: url('gry.gif');
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li>Red</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
ol {
list-style-image: url('sqpurple.gif');
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ol>
<li>Red</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
Remove Default Settings
By default HTML <ul> and <li> come with marker like bullet, number & letter. But you can remove by using list-style-type: none; property.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
ol {
list-style-type: none;
}
ul {
list-style-type: none;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>List item with no marker</h1>
<ol>
<li>Red</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>Red</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
List item with color
Using CSS we can add color to the list item.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
ol {
color: green;
padding: 20px;
}
ul {
color: orange;
padding: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Styling Lists With Colors:</h1>
<ol>
<li>Red</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>Red</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Add background color for list item
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
ol {
background: palegreen;
padding: 20px;
}
ul {
background: #3399ff;
padding: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Styling Lists With background color Colors:</h1>
<ol>
<li>Red</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>Red</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
