How to Animate Bullets in Lists using CSS?


To style bullets in an unordered list, we can use the list-style property. We will see examples to animate ordered and unordered lists.

Syntax

The syntax of CSS li-style property as follows −

li {
   list-style: /*value*/
}

Style and Animate Unordered List

The following example illustrate CSS list-style property to style the list items in an unordered list i.e. <ul>. To animate it, we have set styles on hover using the :hover selector −

li:hover {
   box-shadow: -10px 2px 4px 0 blue!important;
   font-size
}

Example

Let us see an example to style and animate an unordered list on a web page −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <style>
      li {
         margin: 3px 0;
         padding: 2%;
         width: 28%;
         line-height: 1.2%;
         list-style: none;
         border-radius: 5% 0 0 5%;
         box-shadow: -10px 2px 4px 0 chartreuse;
         color: cornflowerblue;
      }
      li:hover {
         box-shadow: -10px 2px 4px 0 blue!important;
         font-size: 1.4em;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <ul>
      <li>a</li>
      <li>b</li>
      <li>c</li>
      <li>d</li>
   </ul>
</body>
</html>

Style and Animate Ordered List

The following example illustrate CSS list-style property to style the list items in an ordered list i.e., <ol>. To animate it, we have set styles on hover using the :hover selector −

li:hover {
   box-shadow: inset 6px 14px 10px lightgreen!important;
   font-size: 1.4em;
}

Example

Let us see an example to style and animate ordered list on a web page −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <style>
      ol {
         list-style: none;
         counter-reset: li;
         overflow: hidden;
      }
      li {
         margin-right: 10%;
         padding: 2%;
         width: 15%;
         float: left;
         line-height: 1.2%;
         font-weight: bold;
         counter-increment: li;
         box-shadow: inset 2px 14px 10px lightblue;
      }
      li:hover {
         box-shadow: inset 6px 14px 10px lightgreen!important;
         font-size: 1.4em;
      }
      li::before {
         content: counter(li);
         color: seagreen;
         display: inline-block;
         width: 40%;
         margin-left: -2em;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <ol>
      <li>a</li>
      <li>b</li>
      <li>c</li>
   </ol>
</body>
</html>

Updated on: 15-Nov-2023

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