CSS Properties: How to specify that the list-item markers should appear inside the content flow

Last update on February 23 2024 13:05:45 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Declares the document type and version of HTML -->
<html><!-- Begins the HTML document -->
<head><!-- Contains metadata and links to external resources -->
<title>How to specify that the list-item markers should appear inside the content flow</title><!-- Sets the title of the document -->
<style type="text/css"> /* Starts CSS styling */
  ul.x { /* Selects unordered lists with class 'x' */
  list-style-position: inside; /* Specifies that the list-item markers should appear inside the content flow */
  }
ul.y { /* Selects unordered lists with class 'y' */
  list-style-position: outside; /* Specifies that the list-item markers should appear outside the content flow */
  }
</style><!-- Ends CSS styling -->
</head><!-- Ends the head section -->
<body><!-- Begins the body of the document -->
<p><strong>w3resource Tutorial</strong></p><!-- Paragraph element with strong (bold) text -->
<p>List-style-position: inside</p><!-- Paragraph indicating list-style-position inside -->
<ul class="x"><!-- Unordered list element with class 'x' -->
<li>HTML5</li><!-- List item -->
<li>JavaScript</li><!-- List item -->
<li>PHP</li><!-- List item -->
</ul><!-- Ends the unordered list -->
<p>List-style-position: outside</p><!-- Paragraph indicating list-style-position outside -->
<ul class="y"><!-- Unordered list element with class 'y' -->
<li>SQL</li><!-- List item -->
<li>MySQL</li><!-- List item -->
<li>Redis</li><!-- List item -->
</ul><!-- Ends the unordered list -->
</body><!-- Ends the body section -->
</html><!-- Ends the HTML document -->

Explanation:

This HTML document demonstrates how to specify the position of list-item markers.
CSS comments are added to explain each section of the code.
Two sets of list styles are defined, one for inside and one for outside the content flow.
The ul.x selector targets unordered lists with class 'x', while ul.y targets lists with class 'y'.
list-style-position: inside; specifies that the list-item markers should appear inside the content flow for the list with class 'x'.• list-style-position: outside; specifies that the list-item markers should appear outside the content flow for the list with class 'y'.

Live Demo:

See the Pen list-style-position-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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