::marker

The ::marker CSS pseudo-element selects the marker box of a list item, which typically contains a bullet or number. It works on any element or pseudo-element set to display: list-item, such as the <li> and <summary> elements.

::marker {
  color: blue;
  font-size: 1.2em;
}

Allowable properties

Only certain CSS properties can be used in a rule with ::marker as a selector:

• All font properties
• The white-space property
• color
• text-combine-upright, unicode-bidi and direction properties
• The content property
• All animation and transition properties

Syntax

::marker

Examples

HTML

<ul>
  <li>Peaches</li>
  <li>Apples</li>
  <li>Plums</li>
</ul>

CSS

ul li::marker {
  color: red;
  font-size: 1.5em;
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• HTML elements that have marker boxes by default: <ol>, <li>, <summary>