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Sablefoste
Sablefoste

Reputation: 4172

Can I use CSS to add a bullet point to any element?

Pretty simple question, but I am not sure if it is possible. I want to add an image to act as a bullet in all <h1> elements. I know I can achieve this by:

<span class='bullet'></span><h1>My H1 text here</h1>

with css:

.bullet{
    background: url('bullet.png') no-repeat;
    display:inline-block;
    vertical-align: middle;
    background-size:100%;
    height:25px;
    width:25px;
    margin-right: 5px;
}

but is there an automatic way to do the same thing? I was thinking something like:

h1{
    list-style-image: url('bullet.png');
}

but that only seems to work with <ul> elements. I really don't want to have to paste the <span> element everywhere before the <h1> element. Any ideas?

Upvotes: 81

Views: 194115

Answers (10)

John Slegers
John Slegers

Reputation: 47081

While you can use a :before pseudo-selector to add a "-" or "•" character in front of your element, it doesn't really make your element behave like a bullet point. Your element may look like a bullet point, but that's just a dirty hack, really, and should be avoided!

To make your element both (1) look like a bullet point and (2) behave like a bullet point, you should set the display of that element to list-item. Optionally, you can also set list-style-type (default : disc) and list-style-position (default : outside) attributes to modify the behavior / look-and-feel of your list item.

If your element spans multiple lines, list-style-position should be the default value outside if you want all of your lines to align to the right of your bullet point. In that case, however, it is possible you don't see your actual bullet point, as it would be to the left of the content of your element. If this happens, you can just add a left margin to move the element's content to the right, and your bullet point should show up.

EXAMPLE 1

h1 {
    display: list-item; /* This has to be "list-item"                                          */
    margin-left : 1em;  /* If you use default list-style-position 'outside', you may need this */
}
<h1>
  Your H1 text should go here. If it consists of multiple
  lines, the left alignment of all lines is the same.
</h1>
<h1>
  Here's another item.
</h1>

EXAMPLE 2

h2 {
    display: list-item;          /* This has to be "list-item"                                               */
    list-style-type: square;     /* See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/list-style-type     */
    list-style-position: inside; /* See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/list-style-position */
}
<h2>
  Your H2 text should go here.
</h2>
<h2>
  Note that, if you have multiple lines, only the first 
  line is aligned to the right of the bullet point when
  using list-style-position 'inside'. Subsequent lines
  are left aligned with the left of the bullet point.
</h2>

Upvotes: 128

Vince Verhoeven
Vince Verhoeven

Reputation: 1773

If you want to adjust dot size, color and position you can do this:

 .bullet:before {
    content: "";
    width: 8px;
    height: 8px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    margin-right: 5px;
    display: inline-block;
    background-color: #29cf00;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

Upvotes: 3

shekhar677
shekhar677

Reputation: 89

Give a class name to the paragraph or any element and apply the below code (I have given class name as bullet):

.bullet::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
bottom: 7px;
left: -10px;
width: 3px;
height: 3px;
background-color: #000;
border-radius: 50%;
}

Upvotes: 4

Who Knows
Who Knows

Reputation: 27

The very simple way to create a bullet using the before css is to utilize the font family ... this way there is no need to include any graphics and etc.

here is the class code: 

.SomeClass:before {
  font-family: "Webdings";
   content: "=  ";

{

Upvotes: 1

Rudy Pramana
Rudy Pramana

Reputation: 13

Just use <p>&bull; </p>to create a dot in front of your word

Upvotes: -2

AleshaOleg
AleshaOleg

Reputation: 2201

You can use pseudo-selector :before to add anything what you want before your tag. 

h1:before {
    content: "- "
}
<h1>My H1 text here</h1>

Upvotes: 13

sinisake
sinisake

Reputation: 11318

You could do something like this:

h1:before {
    content:"• ";
}

See Fiddle :

http://jsfiddle.net/6kt8jhfo/6/

Upvotes: 79

Ben
Ben

Reputation: 362

Something like this should work

h1, h2, h3 {
  background: url("the image link goes here") 0 center no-repeat;
  padding-left: 15px; /* change this to fit your needs */
}

Upvotes: 4

mwl
mwl

Reputation: 1488

list-style-type is reserved for ul only. You can use <h1 class="bullet"> with pseudo-element :before.

Upvotes: 0

Ahmad
Ahmad

Reputation: 477

Nope, list-style and list-style-image are only for ul and ol tags you'll have to get back to your first method or make something with js

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_list.asp http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_list-style-type.asp

Upvotes: -1

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