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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout Lists

Posted by Henry Cooper
Henry Cooper
5,063 Points

Can we not use list-style-position under li as opposed to writing out ul, ol?

At around 3.30 Guil makes the list markers appear in the in the border by making a CSS rule that applies to both ul, ol lists. Could he not just have applied that rule to the li declaration right below?

Thanks in advance

Henry

2 Answers

Chanel Allen
Chanel Allen
2,746 Points

Hi, Henry, He would need to specify that what he was making is a list item. Li is a child element of a Ul or a Ol and those are parents. so unless you specify that it is a list the computer isn't going to understand what your telling it. Li can't stand on its own.

list-style-position is what you can do with the actual list. so, you cant apply it to a list if you haven't specified what kind of list it is or if its even a list at all. just putting li doesn't tell the computer what type of list it is.

Hope this is a helpful answer.

Henry Cooper
Henry Cooper
5,063 Points
Henry Cooper
Henry Cooper
5,063 Points

Thank you Chanel. Understood now!