list-style-type Attribute | listStyleType Property

Sets or retrieves the predefined type of the line-item marker for the object .

Syntax

HTML Scripting

{ list-style-type : sType }

object . style.listStyleType [ = sType ]

Possible Values

sType

String that specifies or receives one of the following values.

disc	Default. Solid circles.
circle	Outlined circles.
square	Solid squares.
decimal	1, 2, 3, 4, and so on.
lower-roman	i, ii, iii, iv, and so on.
upper-roman	I, II, III, IV, and so on.
lower-alpha	a, b, c, d, and so on.
upper-alpha	A, B, C, D, and so on.
none	No marker is shown.

The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle . The property has a default value of disc . The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is inherited.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties .

Remarks

The listStyleType property determines the appearance of the list-item marker if the value of the list-style-image attribute is set to none , or if the image pointed to by the URL cannot be displayed.

The listStyleType property can be applied to any element when margin and display : list-item are applied. The display : list-item property is available as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 and later.

If the left margin of a line item is set to 0 using one of the margin properties, the list-item markers do not show. The margin should be set to a minimum of 30 points.

Examples

The following examples use the list-style-type attribute and the listStyleType property to set the markers.

This example uses ul as a selector in an embedded (global) style sheet to change the marker type to circle .

<STYLE> UL { list-style-type :circle } </STYLE>

This example uses inline scripting to change the marker type on when an onmouseover event occurs.

Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 1 (CSS1) .

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version

Win16:
Win32:
Unix:
Mac:
Windows CE:

currentStyle , LI , OL , runtimeStyle , style , UL

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