list-style-image

{{CSSRef}} 

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

It is often more convenient to use the shorthand {{ cssxref("list-style") }} .

{{InteractiveExample("CSS Demo: list-style-image")}} 

list-style-image: url("/shared-assets/images/examples/rocket.svg");

list-style-image: none;

<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
  <div>
    <p>NASA Notable Missions</p>
    <ul class="transition-all unhighlighted" id="example-element">
      <li>Apollo</li>
      <li>Hubble</li>
      <li>Chandra</li>
      <li>Cassini-Huygens</li>
      <li>Spitzer</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</section>

.default-example {
  font-size: 1.2rem;
}

#example-element {
  width: 100%;
  background: #be094b;
  color: white;
}

section {
  text-align: left;
  flex-direction: column;
}

hr {
  width: 50%;
  color: lightgray;
  margin: 0.5em;
}

.note {
  font-size: 0.8rem;
}

.note a {
  color: #009e5f;
}

@counter-style space-counter {
  symbols: "\1F680" "\1F6F8" "\1F6F0" "\1F52D";
  suffix: " ";
}

[!NOTE] This property is applied to list items, i.e., elements with ``{{cssxref(“display”)}} : list-item; by default this includes {{HTMLElement("li")}}  elements. Because this property is inherited, it can be set on the parent element (normally {{HTMLElement("ol")}}  or {{HTMLElement("ul")}} ) to let it apply to all list items.

Syntax

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

/* <url> values */
list-style-image: url("star-solid.gif");

/* valid image values */
list-style-image: linear-gradient(to left bottom, red, blue);

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

Values

• {{cssxref("<image>")}} 
  • : A valid 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 {{ Cssxref("list-style-type") }}  will be used instead. This is the default value for {{cssxref("list-style")}} .

Formal definition

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Formal syntax

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Examples

Using a url value

This example has a star as a marker, which we include using the {{cssxref("url_value", "<url>")}}  image function.

HTML

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

CSS

ul {
  list-style-image: url("star-solid.gif");
}

Result

{{ EmbedLiveSample('Using_a_url_value') }} 

Using a gradient

This example has a CSS gradient as a marker, which we create uses the {{cssxref("gradient/linear-gradient", "linear-gradient()")}}  image function.

HTML

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

CSS

ul {
  font-size: 200%;
  list-style-image: linear-gradient(to left bottom, red, blue);
}

Result

{{ EmbedLiveSample('Using_a_gradient') }} 

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{Cssxref("list-style")}}  shorthand
• {{Cssxref("list-style-type")}}  property
• {{Cssxref("list-style-position")}}  property
• {{cssxref("::marker")}}  pseudo-element
• CSS lists and counters module
• CSS counter styles module