HTML + CSS: Ordered List without the Period?

Question

I think the answer to this question is no... but does anyone know of a an HTML/CSS way to create an ordered list without a period after the numbers? Or, alternatively, to sp

Answer 1

You can add the numbers later using jQuery:

$("ul").each(function() {
   $(this).find("li").each(function(index) {
      $(this)
        .css("list-style-type", "none")
        .prepend("<div class='listnumber'>" + (index + 1) + "</div>");
   })
})

Try the sample here.

More info on jQuery here.

Answer 2

Here is the solution

Number nested ordered lists in HTML

All you have to to is change a little bit here

ol li:before {
                content: counter(level1) " "; /*Instead of ". " */
                counter-increment: level1;
            }

^^

Answer 3

The above solutions all have drawbacks for some lists: multiline items, multidigit item numbers, custom background, etc.

It's cleaner to use the built-in list-item counter instead of a custom counter:

ol.dotless {
  list-style-type: none;
  margin-left: 0;
}
ol.dotless > li:before {
  content: counter(list-item) "\A0";
  float: left;
  text-align: right;
  width: 1.5em;
}

But this approach does not work with multiline items.

There is a new method that allows you to directly format a counter, but so far, it only works in Firefox:

ol.dotless {
  list-style: dotless-item
}
@counter-style dotless-item {
  system: numeric;
  symbols: "0" "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" "7" "8" "9";
  suffix: " ";
}

The only method I've come across that works in all cases is a table that mimics an ol:

table.dotlessol {
  margin: 0.25em 1.25em;
  border-spacing: 0;
  counter-reset: dotless;
}
table.dotlessol tr {
  vertical-align: top;
  counter-increment: dotless;
}
table.dotlessol td {
  padding: 0;
}
table.dotlessol td:first-child {
  text-align: right;
  padding-right: 0.5em;
}
table.dotlessol td:first-child::before {
  content: counter(dotless);
}

Use two tds in each row, leave the first td empty, and put the item text in the second td.

Answer 4

I just found a workaround for cases where you want to simply remove the dot. Not the best solution ever, but it's done with only CSS and works in every browser. The downside is that you need the textnode in the LI to be wrapped into another tag (<span> or something). In my own case, the <ol> was used as a list of links, so I could use my <a> tags !

The CSS I used :

ol li a {
    float: right;
    margin: 8px 0px 0px -13px; /* collapses <a> and dots */
    padding-left: 10px; /* gives back some space between digit and text beginning */
    position: relative; z-index: 10; /* make the <a> appear ABOVE the dots */
    background-color: #333333; /* same background color as my ol ; the dots are now invisible ! */
}

Answer 5

This is perfectly possible to do with just CSS (2.1):

ol.custom {
  list-style-type: none;
  margin-left: 0;
}

ol.custom > li {
  counter-increment: customlistcounter;
}

ol.custom > li:before {
  content: counter(customlistcounter) " ";
  font-weight: bold;
  float: left;
  width: 3em;
}

ol.custom:first-child {
  counter-reset: customlistcounter;
}

Keep in mind that this solution relies on the :before pseudo-selector, so some older browsers -- IE6 and IE7 in particular -- won't render the generated numbers. For those browsers, you'll want to add an extra CSS rule that targets just them to use the normal list-style:

ol.custom {
  *list-style-type: decimal; /* targets IE6 and IE7 only */
}

Answer 6

This is the simplest solution without counter-increment and inline tags inside li:

ol {list-style-position: inside; overflow: hidden; direction: rtl;}
li {position: relative; left: -15px; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 5px;}