list-style-image

The list-style-image property specifies an image to be used as the list item marker.

It is often more convenient to use the shorthand list-style.

Initial value	none
Applies to	list items
Inherited	yes
Media	visual
Computed value	none or the image with its URI made absolute
Animation type	discrete
Canonical order	the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
list-style-image: none;

/* <url> values */
list-style-image: url('starsolid.gif');

/* Global values */
list-style-image: inherit;
list-style-image: initial;
list-style-image: unset;

Values

<uri>

Location of image to use as the marker.

none

Specifies that no image is used as the marker. If this value is set, the marker defined in list-style-type will be used instead.

Formal syntax

<url> | none

Examples

HTML

<ul>
    <li>Item 1</li>
    <li>Item 2</li>
</ul>

CSS

ul {
  list-style-image: url("https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/11981/starsolid.gif")
}

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Lists and Counters Module Level 3 The definition of 'list-style-image' in that specification.	Working Draft	Extends support to any <image> data type.
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1) The definition of 'list-style-image' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

See also

• list-style, list-style-type, list-style-position