suffix CSS at-rule descriptor

Syntax

/* <symbol> value: string, image, or identifier  */
suffix: "";
suffix: ") ";
suffix: url("bullet.png");

Values

The suffix descriptor takes as its value a single <symbol>:

<symbol>

Specifies a <symbol> that is appended to the marker representation. It may be a <string>, <image>, or <custom-ident>.

Formal definition

Formal syntax

suffix = 
  <symbol>  

<symbol> = 
  <string>        |
  <image>         |
  <custom-ident>  

<image> = 
  <url>           |
  <image()>       |
  <image-set()>   |
  <cross-fade()>  |
  <element()>     |
  <gradient>      

<image()> = 
  image( <image-tags>? [ <image-src>? , <color>? ]! )  

<image-set()> = 
  image-set( <image-set-option># )  

<cross-fade()> = 
  cross-fade( <cf-image># )  

<element()> = 
  element( <id-selector> )  

<image-tags> = 
  ltr  |
  rtl  

<image-src> = 
  <url>     |
  <string>  

<image-set-option> = 
  [ <image> | <string> ] [ <resolution> || type( <string> ) ]?  

<cf-image> = 
  [ <image> | <color> ]  &&
  <percentage [0,100]>?  

<id-selector> = 
  <hash-token>  

Examples

Setting a suffix for a counter

HTML

<ul class="choices">
  <li>One</li>
  <li>Two</li>
  <li>Three</li>
  <li>None of the above</li>
</ul>

CSS

@counter-style options {
  system: fixed;
  symbols: A B C D;
  suffix: ") ";
}

.choices {
  list-style: options;
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Other @counter-style descriptors: system, symbols, additive-symbols, negative, prefix, range, pad, speak-as, and fallback
• list-style, list-style-image, list-style-position
• symbols(): the functional notation for creating anonymous counter styles
• CSS counter styles module
• CSS lists and counters module