Example
Change the list-item marker type to "upper-roman":
document.getElementById("myList").style.listStyleType = "upper-roman";Try it Yourself »
Definition and Usage
The listStyleType property sets or returns the list-item marker type.
Browser Support
The listStyleType property is supported in all major browsers.
Note: IE9 and Opera 11 do not support: cjk-ideographic, hebrew, hiragana, hiragana-iroha, katakana, and katakana-iroha.
Note: IE8 supports the property values: decimal-leading-zero, lower-greek, lower-latin, upper-latin, armenian, and georgian only if a DOCTYPE is specified!
Syntax
Return the listStyleType property:
object.style.listStyleType
Set the listStyleType property:
object.style.listStyleType=value
Property Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| armenian | The marker is traditional Armenian numbering |
| circle | The marker is a circle |
| cjk-ideographic | The marker is plain ideographic numbers |
| decimal | The marker is a number. This is default for <ol> |
| decimal-leading-zero | The marker is a number with leading zeros (01, 02, 03, etc.) |
| disc | The marker is a filled circle. This is default for <ul> |
| georgian | The marker is traditional Georgian numbering |
| hebrew | The marker is traditional Hebrew numbering |
| hiragana | The marker is traditional Hiragana numbering |
| hiragana-iroha | The marker is traditional Hiragana iroha numbering |
| katakana | The marker is traditional Katakana numbering |
| katakana-iroha | The marker is traditional Katakana iroha numbering |
| lower-alpha | The marker is lower-alpha (a, b, c, d, e, etc.) |
| lower-greek | The marker is lower-greek |
| lower-latin | The marker is lower-latin (a, b, c, d, e, etc.) |
| lower-roman | The marker is lower-roman (i, ii, iii, iv, v, etc.) |
| none | No marker is shown |
| square | The marker is a square |
| upper-alpha | The marker is upper-alpha (A, B, C, D, E, etc.) |
| upper-latin | The marker is upper-latin (A, B, C, D, E, etc.) |
| upper-roman | The marker is upper-roman (I, II, III, IV, V, etc.) |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
Technical Details
| Default Value: | "disc" for <ul> and "decimal" for <ol> |
|---|---|
| Return Value: | A String, representing the type of a list |
| CSS Version | CSS1 |
More Examples
Example
All the different list style types:
var listValue = selectTag.options[selectTag.selectedIndex].text;
document.getElementById("myList").style.listStyleType = listValue;
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Example
Return the list-item marker type:
alert(document.getElementById("myList").style.listStyleType);
Try it Yourself »
Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS List
CSS reference: list-style-type property
HTML DOM reference: listStyle property
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