`list-style-position` CSS property

The list-style-position CSS property sets the position of the ::marker relative to a list item.

Try it

list-style-position: inside;

list-style-position: outside;

<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
  <div>
    <p>NASA Notable Missions</p>
    <ul class="transition-all" id="example-element">
      <li>Apollo 11: First Human Landing</li>
      <li>City in Space: The International Space Station</li>
      <li>Great Observatory: The Hubble Space Telescope</li>
      <li>Everlasting Mars Rovers</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</section>

.default-example {
  font-size: 1.2rem;
}

#example-element {
  width: 100%;
  background: #be094b;
  color: white;
}

section {
  text-align: left;
  flex-direction: column;
}

hr {
  width: 50%;
  color: lightgray;
  margin: 0.5em;
}

.note {
  font-size: 0.8rem;
}

.note a {
  color: #009e5f;
}

@counter-style space-counter {
  symbols: "\1F680" "\1F6F8" "\1F6F0" "\1F52D";
  suffix: " ";
}

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
list-style-position: inside;
list-style-position: outside;

/* Global values */
list-style-position: inherit;
list-style-position: initial;
list-style-position: revert;
list-style-position: revert-layer;
list-style-position: unset;

Values

This property is specified as one of the following keyword values:

inside

The ::marker is the first element among the list item's contents.

outside

The ::marker is outside the principal block box. This is the default value for list-style.

Description

This property is applied to list items, i.e., elements with display: list-item;. By default this includes <li> elements. Because this property is inherited, it can be set on the parent element (normally <ol> or <ul>) to let it apply to all list items.

If a block element is the first child of a list element declared as list-style-position: inside, then the block element is placed on the line after the marker-box.

It is often more convenient to use the shorthand list-style.

Formal definition

Formal syntax

list-style-position = 
  inside |
  outside

Examples

Setting list item position

HTML

<p>List 1</p>
<ul class="inside">
  <li>List Item 1-1</li>
  <li>List Item 1-2</li>
  <li>List Item 1-3</li>
  <li>List Item 1-4</li>
</ul>
<p>List 2</p>
<ul class="outside">
  <li>List Item 2-1</li>
  <li>List Item 2-2</li>
  <li>List Item 2-3</li>
  <li>List Item 2-4</li>
</ul>
<p>List 3</p>
<ul class="inside-img">
  <li>List Item 3-1</li>
  <li>List Item 3-2</li>
  <li>List Item 3-3</li>
  <li>List Item 3-4</li>
</ul>

CSS

.inside {
  list-style-position: inside;
  list-style-type: square;
}

.outside {
  list-style-position: outside;
  list-style-type: circle;
}

.inside-img {
  list-style-position: inside;
  list-style-image: url("star-solid.gif");
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• list-style shorthand
• list-style-type property
• list-style-image property
• ::marker pseudo-element
• CSS lists and counters module
• CSS counter styles module