Indent List in HTML and CSS
Question
I'm new to CSS and working with list. I tried using one of the code I saw on w3schools which shows how to indent lists:
<html>
<body>
<h4>A nested List:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea
<ul>
<li>Black tea</li>
<li>Green tea</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
My css is overriding it so it all apears on the same vertical line. Is there any CSS code I could use locally on the list to override the main css file? Any help would be appreciated.
7 answers
solution1
28 2011-08-08 17:08:39
Yes, simply use something like:
ul {
padding-left: 10px;
}
And it will bump each successive ul by 10 pixels.
solution2
14 2011-08-08 17:28:47
It sounds like some of your styles are being reset.
By default in most browsers, ul s and ol s have margin and padding added to them.
You can override this (and many do) by adding a line to your css like so
ul, ol { //THERE MAY BE OTHER ELEMENTS IN THE LIST
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
In this case, you would remove the element from this list or add a margin / padding back, like so
ul{
margin:1em;
}
solution3
10 2012-10-21 07:54:32
I solved the same problem by adding text-indent to the nested list.
<h4>A nested List:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea
<ul id="list2">
<li>Black tea</li>
<li>Green tea</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
#list2
{
text-indent:50px;
}
solution4
3 2014-02-13 18:17:49
You can use [Adjacent sibling combinators] as described in the W3 CSS Selectors Recommendation 1 So you can use a + sign (or even a ~ tilde) apply a padding to the nested ul tag, as you described in your question and you'll get the result you need. I also think what you want it to override the main css, locally. You can do this:
<style>
li+ul {padding-left: 20px;}
</style>
This way the inner ul will be nested including the bullets of the li elements. I wish this was helpful! =)
solution5
3 2018-05-24 18:45:26
You can also use html to override the css locally. I was having a similar issue and this worked for me:
<html>
<body>
<h4>A nested List:</h4>
<ul style="PADDING-LEFT: 12px">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea
<ul>
<li>Black tea</li>
<li>Green tea</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
solution6
2 2020-08-24 19:42:08
li { padding-left: 30px; }
<p>Some text to show left edge of container.<p> <ul> <li>List item</li> </ul>
li { margin-left: 30px; }
<p>Some text to show left edge of container.<p> <ul> <li>List item</li> </ul>
solution7
2 2011-08-08 17:20:17
Normally, all lists are being displayed vertically anyways. So do you want to display it horizontally?
Anyways, you asked to override the main css file and set some css locally. You cannot do it inside <ul> with style="" , that it would apply on the children ( <li> ).
Closest thing to locally manipulating your list would be:
<style>
li {display: inline-block;}
</style>
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea
<ul>
<li>Black tea</li>
<li>Green tea</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
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