Is it possible to change the size of an element\'s bullet?
Take a look at the code below:
li {
list-sty
If you wrap your <li> content in a <span> or other tag, you may change the font size of the <li>, which will change the size of the bullet, then reset the content of the <li> to its original size. You may use em units to resize the <li> bullet proportionally.
For example:
<ul>
<li><span>First item</span></li>
<li><span>Second item</span></li>
</ul>
Then CSS:
li {
list-style-type: disc;
font-size: 0.8em;
}
li * {
font-size: initial;
}
A more complex example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>List Item Bullet Size</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
ul.disc li {
list-style-type: disc;
font-size: 1.5em;
}
ul.square li {
list-style-type: square;
font-size: 0.8em;
}
li * {
font-size: initial;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>First</h1>
<ul class="disc">
<li><span>First item</span></li>
<li><span>Second item</span></li>
</ul>
<h1>Second</h1>
<ul class="square">
<li><span>First item</span></li>
<li><span>Second item</span></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Results in:
This method moves the disc out of the text flow where the original disc was, but is adjustable.
ul{
list-style-type: none;
li{
position: relative;
}
li:before {
position: absolute;
top: .1rem;
left: -.8em;
content: '\2022';
font-size: 1.2rem;
}
}
Another way of changing the size of the bullets would be:
::before pseudo-element.Example:
ul {
list-style-type: none;
}
li::before {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
width: 5px;
height: 5px;
background-color: #000000;
margin-right: 8px;
content: ' '
}
<ul>
<li>first element</li>
<li>second element</li>
</ul>
No markup changes needed
I assume you mean the size of the bullet at the start of each list item. If that's the case, you can use an image instead of it:
list-style-image:url('bigger.gif');
list-style-type:none;
If you meant the actual size of the li element, then you can change that as normal with width and height.
You have to use an image to change the actual size or form of the bullet itself:
You can use a background image with appropriate padding to nudge content so it doesn't overlap:
list-style-image:url(bigger.gif);
or
background-image: url(images/bullet.gif);
I just found a solution that I think works really well and gets around all of the pitfalls of custom symbols. The main problem with the li:before solution is that if list-items are longer than one line will not indent properly after the first line of text. By using text-indent with a negative padding we can circumvent that problem and have all the lines aligned properly:
ul{
padding-left: 0; // remove default padding
}
li{
list-style-type: none; // remove default styles
padding-left: 1.2em;
text-indent:-1.2em; // remove padding on first line
}
li::before{
margin-right: 0.5em;
width: 0.7em; // margin-right and width must add up to the negative indent-value set above
height: 0.7em;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
border-radius: 50%;
background-color: orange;
content: ' '
}