Remove bullet points in UL in CSS

Question

I've followed the following tutorial in creating a simple menu bar which I place in a but can't seem to get my head round why the "list-style-type: none;" or "list-style: none;" won't work.

I've had a look at similar issues which seemed to be solved by ensuring overriding of the list styles in the nested OL isn't taking place but no luck on my side

Example I looked at

Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

HTML:

<section class="menu_bar_section">
    <ul id="menu_bar">

        <li><a href="#">Lorem</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Mauricii</a></li>
        <li>
            <a href="#">Periher</a>
            <ul class="noJS">
                <li><a href="#">Hellenico</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Genere</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Indulgentia</a></li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li><a href="#">Tyrio</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Quicumque</a></li>

    </ul>
<section>

CSS:

 /* Section */
.menu_bar_section {
    width: 100%;
    float: left;
    color: #999999;
    background: #FFCC00;
    font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Sans-serif;
}

/* Structure
------------------------------------------*/
#menu_bar,
#menu_bar ul {
    list-style-type: none;
}
#menu_bar {
    float: left;
}
#menu_bar > li {
    float: left;
}
#menu_bar li a {
    display: block;
    height: 2em;
    line-height: 2em;
    padding: 0 1.5em;
    text-decoration: none;
}
#menu_bar ul {
    position: absolute;
    display: none;
    z-index: 999;
}
#menu_bar ul li a {
    width: 80px;
}
#menu_bar li:hover ul.noJS {
    display: block; 
}


/* Main menu
------------------------------------------*/
#menu_bar {
    font-size: 20px;
    background: #2f8be8;
}
#menu_bar > li > a {
    color: #fff;
    font-weight: bold;
}
#menu_bar > li:hover > a {
    background: #f09d28;
    color: #000;
}


/* Submenu
------------------------------------------*/
#menu_bar ul {
    background: #f09d28;
}
#menu_bar ul li a {
    color: #000;
}
#menu_bar ul li:hover a {
    background: #ffc97c;
}

Answer 1

Just use

ul {
    list-style: outside none none;
}

Or use like: (give id)

<ul id="menu_bar">

Check updated Fiddle here.

 <style> .menu_bar_section { width: 100%; float: left; color: #999999; background: #FFCC00; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Sans-serif; } #menu_bar, #menu_bar ul { list-style-type: none; } #menu_bar { float: left; } #menu_bar > li { float: left; } #menu_bar li a { display: block; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; padding: 0 1.5em; text-decoration: none; } #menu_bar ul { position: absolute; display: none; z-index: 999; } #menu_bar ul li a { width: 80px; } #menu_bar li:hover ul.noJS { display: block; } #menu_bar { font-size: 20px; background: #2f8be8; } #menu_bar > li > a { color: #fff; font-weight: bold; } #menu_bar > li:hover > a { background: #f09d28; color: #000; } #menu_bar ul { background: #f09d28; } #menu_bar ul li a { color: #000; } #menu_bar ul li:hover a { background: #ffc97c; } </style>

 <ul id="menu_bar"> <li><a href="#">Lorem</a></li> <li><a href="#">Mauricii</a></li> <li> <a href="#">Periher</a> <ul class="noJS"> <li><a href="#">Hellenico</a></li> <li><a href="#">Genere</a></li> <li><a href="#">Indulgentia</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#">Tyrio</a></li> <li><a href="#">Quicumque</a></li> </ul>

Answer 2

You could use

list-style: none;

or

list-style-type: none;

Both of them works but the first is shorter but it gets the same result.

Answer 3

#menu-bar ul will only target the ul which is a direct child of #menu-bar , the style wont propagate to nested ul 's within.

To target the nested ul you can either target it directly by it's class:

.noJS {
    list-style:outside none none;
}

or by drilling into the nested structure:

#menu-bar ul li ul {
    list-style:outside none none;
}