symbols()
The symbols()
CSS function enables defining counter styles inline, directly as a value of properties such as list-style
, providing a less powerful but simpler alternative to the @counter-style
method of defining a counter style.
Unlike @counter-style
, which defines a reusable counter style, symbols()
is anonymous (i.e., it can only be used once). This function accepts strings and images as values. In comparison, the @counter-style
's symbols
descriptor also accepts identifiers.
Syntax
css
symbols() = symbols( <symbols-type>? [ <string> | <image> ]+ );
<symbols-type>
can be one of the following:
cyclic
: The system cycles through the given values in the order of their definition, and returns to the start when it reaches the end.numeric
: The system interprets the given values as the successive units of a place-value numbering system.alphabetic
: The system interprets the given values as the digits of an alphabetic numbering system, like a place-value numbering system but without0
.symbolic
: The system cycles through the values, printing them an additional time at each cycle (one time for the first cycle, two times for the second, etc.).fixed
: The system cycles through the given values once, then falls back to Arabic numerals.
Examples
HTML
html
<ol>
<li>One</li>
<li>Two</li>
<li>Three</li>
<li>Four</li>
<li>Five</li>
</ol>
CSS
css
ol {
list-style: symbols(cyclic "*" "†" "‡");
}
Result
Specifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Counter Styles Level 3 # symbols-function |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
@counter-style
descriptors:system
,symbols
,additive-symbols
,prefix
,suffix
,range
,pad
,speak-as
,fallback
- List style properties:
list-style
,list-style-type
- CSS counter styles module
- CSS lists and counters module