A Complete Guide to Web Design

Properties 417

CSS

Properties

Web Design in a Nutshell, eMatter Edition

white-space

Values:
normal|pre|nowrap

Example:
P.haiku { white-space: pre }

Applies to:
Block-level elements

Inherited:
Yes
This property defines how white space in the source for the element is
handled. Thenormalvalue treats text normally, with consecutive spaces
collapsing to one. Theprevalue displays multiple characters, like the

tag in HTML, except the element is not displayed in a monospace font.nowrap

prevents the text element from wrapping unless designated by a
 tag.


list-style-type


Values:

disc|circle|square|decimal|lower-roman|upper-roman|

lower-alpha|upper-alpha|none


Example:

OL { list-style-type: decimal }(1, 2, 3, 4, etc.)

OL { list-style-type: upper-roman }(A., B., C., D., etc.)


Applies to:

Elements with thedisplay property set tolist-item


Inherited:

Yes

This attribute specifies the appearance of the automatic numbering or

bulleting of lists. Values are the same as for thetypeattribute within a list

item (
). These numbers/bullets will be displayed when no list-item image

is specified or if the image cannot be found.


list-style-image


Values:

URL|none


Example:

UL { list-style-image: url(3dball.gif) }


Applies to:

Elements with thedisplay property set tolist-item


Inherited:

Yes

This property specifies a graphic to be used as a list-item marker (bullet).