---
id: css-styling-lists
title: "CSS Styling Lists"
category: "Frontend"
status: "draft"
verification_status: "conceptual"
canonical_id: ""
aliases: ["styling lists", "list-style", "list markers", "ul ol styling", "CSS lists", "list-style-type", "bullet styling"]
duplicate_of: ""
source_trust_level: "B"
confidence_score: 0.88
created_at: 2026-06-23
updated_at: 2026-06-23
review_reason: ""
merge_history: []
tags: ["css", "web", "frontend", "w3schools", "lists", "list-style"]
raw_sources: ["https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_list.asp"]
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---

# [[CSS Styling Lists]]

## 🎯 한 줄 통찰 (One-line insight)
CSS list properties let you set the marker type, replace the marker with a custom image, control whether the marker sits inside or outside the list item, and bundle all of these into a single `list-style` shorthand. [S1]

## 🧠 핵심 개념 (Core concepts)
- **Two HTML list types** — unordered lists (`<ul>`), where items are marked with bullets, and ordered lists (`<ol>`), where items are marked with numbers or letters. [S1]
- **The list CSS properties** — `list-style-type`, `list-style-position`, `list-style-image`, and the `list-style` shorthand. [S1]
- **Marker control** — these properties set the marker style, set an image as the marker, and add background colors / fine-tune layout. [S1]

## 🧩 추출된 패턴 (Extracted patterns)
- **Type selection** — use `list-style-type` to choose the marker (e.g. `circle`, `disc`, `square`, `upper-roman`). [S1]
- **Image marker with fallback** — pair `list-style-image: url(...)` with a `list-style-type` fallback. [S1]
- **Shorthand order** — the `list-style` shorthand accepts values in the order: type, position, image. [S1]
- **Remove markers cleanly** — set `list-style-type: none` and also reset `margin: 0` and `padding: 0`. [S1]

## 📖 세부 내용 (Details)
In HTML, there are two main types of lists: unordered lists (`<ul>`) — the list items are marked with bullets; and ordered lists (`<ol>`) — the list items are marked with numbers or letters. The CSS list properties allow you to set different list item markers, set an image as the list item marker, add background colors to lists and list items, and more. [S1]

**Different List Item Markers** — the `list-style-type` property specifies the type of list item marker: [S1]
```css
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;
}
```

**An Image as the List Item Marker** — the `list-style-image` property specifies an image as the list item marker: [S1]
```css
ul {
  list-style-image: url('sqpurple.gif');
}
```

**Position the List Item Markers** — the `list-style-position` property specifies the position of the list-item markers (bullet points). `list-style-position: outside;` means the bullet points will be outside the list item (this is default). `list-style-position: inside;` means the bullet points will be inside the list item: [S1]
```css
ul.a {
  list-style-position: outside;
}

ul.b {
  list-style-position: inside;
}
```

**Remove Default Settings** — the `list-style-type: none` property can also be used to remove the markers/bullets. Note that the list also has default margin and padding. To remove this, add `margin: 0` and `padding: 0` to `<ul>` or `<ol>`: [S1]
```css
ul {
  list-style-type: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
```

**List - Shorthand property** — the `list-style` property is a shorthand property. It is used to set all the list properties in one declaration. The properties are set in this order: `list-style-type`, `list-style-position`, `list-style-image`. It does not matter if one of the values above is missing (as long as the rest are in the specified order): [S1]
```css
ul {
  list-style: square inside url("sqpurple.gif");
}
```

**Styling List With Colors** — we can also style lists with colors, to make them look more interesting. Anything added to the `<ol>` or `<ul>` tag affects the entire list, while properties added to the `<li>` tag will affect the individual list items — "Not found in source" for the exact code of the colored-list example. [S1]

**CSS List Properties** [S1]

| Property | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `list-style` | Sets all the properties for a list in one declaration |
| `list-style-image` | Specifies an image as the list-item marker |
| `list-style-position` | Specifies the position of the list-item markers (bullet points) |
| `list-style-type` | Specifies the type of list-item marker |

## 🛠️ 적용 사례 (Applied in summary)
The page's own examples apply marker types to `ul`/`ol` classes, an image marker, inside/outside positioning, marker removal with reset margin/padding, and the `list-style` shorthand. No external project/commit applications found in the source.

## 💻 코드 패턴 (Code patterns)
List-style shorthand (language: CSS):
```css
ul {
  list-style: square inside url("sqpurple.gif");
}
```
Remove all markers and spacing:
```css
ul {
  list-style-type: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
```

## ⚖️ 모순 및 업데이트 (Contradictions & updates)
No contradictions found in the source.

## ✅ 검증 상태 및 신뢰도
- **상태:** draft
- **검증 단계:** conceptual (실제 적용 사례 발견 시 applied/validated로 승격 가능)
- **출처 신뢰도:** B (W3Schools — widely used educational reference, not a primary standards body)
- **신뢰 점수:** 0.88
- **중복 검사 결과:** 신규 생성 (New discovery)

## 🔗 지식 그래프 (Knowledge Graph)
- **상위/루트:** [[CSS Tutorial]]
- **관련 개념:** [[CSS Styling Links]], [[CSS Table Borders]], [[CSS Font Shorthand]]
- **참조 맥락:** Referenced when customizing or removing the markers of unordered and ordered lists.

## 📚 출처 (Sources)
- [S1] W3Schools — CSS Styling Lists — https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_list.asp

## 📝 변경 이력 (Change history)
- 2026-06-23: Initial draft synthesized from the W3Schools "CSS Styling Lists" page (Astra wiki-curation, P-Reinforce v3.1 format).
