CSS Properties: How to specify an image as the list-item marker in a list

Last update on February 23 2024 13:05:01 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Declares the document type and version of HTML -->
<html><!-- Begins the HTML document -->
<head><!-- Contains metadata and links to external resources -->
<title>How to specify an image as the list-item marker in a list</title><!-- Sets the title of the document -->
<style type="text/css"> /* Starts CSS styling */
li { /* Selects all list items */
    list-style-image: url('https://www.w3resource.com/html-css-exercise/css-properties/solution/list-style-image.png'); /* Specifies an image as the marker for list items */
}
</style><!-- Ends CSS styling -->
</head><!-- Ends the head section -->
<body><!-- Begins the body of the document -->
<p><strong>w3resource Tutorial</strong></p><!-- Paragraph element with strong (bold) text -->
<ul><!-- Unordered list element -->
<li>HTML5</li><!-- List item -->
<li>CSS</li><!-- List item -->
<li>PHP</li><!-- List item -->
<li>SQL</li><!-- List item -->
</ul><!-- Ends the unordered list -->
</body><!-- Ends the body section -->
</html><!-- Ends the HTML document -->

Explanation:

This HTML document demonstrates how to specify an image as the marker for list items.
CSS comments are added to explain each section of the code.
The li selector targets all list items.
The list-style-image property specifies the URL of the image to be used as the marker for list items.

Live Demo:

See the Pen list-style-image-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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