Custom bullets in multi-level unordered lists in CSS
2008 November 20th, Thursday
Two versions; the first for browsers with child selector support, the second for those without.
Child selector version
/* List base styles */
ul, ol, li {margin:0.5em 0;padding:0;}
ul {list-style-type:none;}
ol {padding-left:2.5em;}
/* Level 1 unordered list */
ul > li {background:transparent url(img/bullet-1.png) no-repeat 9px 3px;}
/*Level 2 unordered list*/
ul > li > ul > li {background:transparent url(img/bullet-2.png) no-repeat 9px 3px;}
No child selector version
Useful when supporting child-selector-less browsers like IE6.
/* List base styles */
ul, ol, li {margin:0.5em 0;padding:0;}
ul {list-style-type:none;}
ol {padding-left:2.5em;}
/* Level 1 unordered list */
ul li,
li ul li,
li li ul li,
li li li ul li {padding-left:3em;background:transparent url(img/bullet-1.png) no-repeat 9px 3px;}
/* Level 2 unordered list */
ul ul li,
li ul ul li,
li li ul ul li {padding-left:3em;background:transparent url(img/bullet-2.png) no-repeat 9px 3px;}
/* Ordered list corrections */
ol li,
li ol li,
li li ol li,
li li li ol li {padding-left:0.5em;background:none;}
Cheers for this – helped me massage my mind in a stick!