Lets say I have a simple list like so:
<ol>
<li class="count">one</li>
<li class="count">two</li>
<li class="count">three</li>
<li class="count">four</li>
<li>blabla</li>
<li class="count">five</li>
<li class="count">six</li>
<li>blabla</li>
<li class="count">seven</li>
</ol>
Now I only want to number list items with the class 'count'
So If I add the CSS:
li {
list-style-type: decimal;
}
and then remove the list-style-type for list items without the class:
li:not(.count) {
list-style-type: none;
}
I get this:
FIDDLE
li {
list-style-type: decimal;
}
li:not(.count) {
list-style-type: none;
}
<ol>
<li class="count">one</li>
<li class="count">two</li>
<li class="count">three</li>
<li class="count">four</li>
<li>blabla</li>
<li class="count">five</li>
<li class="count">six</li>
<li>blabla</li>
<li class="count">seven</li>
</ol>
The obvious problem here is that the list items without the class are also 'counted' here, just not shown.
So in the above example, the list should be numbered to 7 - with the numbering skipping the list items without the class.
Can this be done with CSS?
This can be done with CSS-counters
If I set display:none
on the generated content with the counter, the counter skips over it, and continues to the next item!
FIDDLE
(Edit: Or, alternatively - as others have pointed out - we could increment the counter only on the elements with the particular class - like so)
ol {
counter-reset: count;
list-style-type: none;
padding-left: 30px;
}
li:before {
content: counter(count)".";
counter-increment: count;
}
li:not(.count) {
padding-left: 13px;
}
li:not(.count):before {
display: none;
}
<ol>
<li class="count">one</li>
<li class="count">two</li>
<li class="count">three</li>
<li class="count">four</li>
<li>blabla</li>
<li class="count">five</li>
<li class="count">six</li>
<li>blabla</li>
<li class="count">seven</li>
</ol>
So actually, with counters, not only can we count classes, we can also count any selector combination.
Here's an example for proof of concept:
html {
counter-reset: divs;
}
body {
counter-reset: paragraphs;
position: relative;
}
div {
counter-increment: divs;
}
.wpr {
counter-reset: count-me;
position: relative;
}
.container {
position: relative;
border-bottom: 1px solid green;
}
.container .count-me {
counter-increment: count-me;
}
.container p {
counter-increment: paragraphs;
}
.wpr:after {
content: "Number of count-me classes in container:" counter(count-me);
position: absolute;
bottom: -20px;
}
.container:after {
content: "Number of paragraphs:" counter(paragraphs);
position: absolute;
bottom: -40px;
}
body:after {
content: "Number of divs:" counter(divs);
position: absolute;
bottom: -60px;
}
<div class="wpr">div1
<div class="container">div2
<div>div3
<span class="count-me">count-me</span>
</div>
<div>div4
<span class="count-me">count-me</span>
<p>I"m a paragragh</p>
</div>
<div>div5
<p>I"m a paragragh</p>
</div>
<div>div6
<span class="count-me">count-me</span>
</div>
<div>div7
<span class="count-me">count-me</span>
<p>I"m a paragragh</p>
</div>
<div>div8</div>
</div>
</div>
Giving display: block
to the li elements without .count
class is also working.
ul {
list-style-type:decimal;
padding-left: 30px;
}
li:not(.count) {
display: block;
}
Working Fiddle
For older browsers:
ul {
list-style-type:decimal;
padding-left: 30px;
}
li {
display: block;
}
li.count {
display: list-item;
}
Working Fiddle
Another way, if you are planning to change the display state of all li
elements, use :after
/:before
pseudo classes with display as list-item.
Working Fiddle
You can use HTML to set the value of a list item specifically:
<ul>
<li class="count">one</li>
<li class="count">two</li>
<li class="count">three</li>
<li class="count">four</li>
<li>blabla</li>
<li value="5" class="count">five</li>
<li class="count">six</li>
<li>blabla</li>
<li value="7" class="count">seven</li>
</ul>
http://jsfiddle.net/03bu5sct/1/
You may also want to look at CSS3 counters if you want a pure CSS solution.
The counters section in CSS 2.1 specifications contains various examples of how to implement your custom counter. Here is a very simple example where you:
- Define a counter variable
- Increment it for specific elements (in your case it would be
.count
elements)
- Display it inside pseudo elements
.custom-counter {
/* define a counter variable */
counter-reset: clumsycount 0;
/* style */
list-style-type: none;
}
.custom-counter .count {
/* increment the counter variable */
counter-increment: clumsycount 1;
/* style */
position: relative;
background-color: #EEE;
}
.custom-counter .count:before {
/* display the counter variable */
content: counter(clumsycount) ".";
/* style */
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 100%;
padding-right: .25em;
background-color: #CCC;
}
<ul class="custom-counter">
<li class="count">one</li>
<li class="count">two</li>
<li class="count">three</li>
<li class="count">four</li>
<li>blabla</li>
<li class="count">five</li>
<li class="count">six</li>
<li>blabla</li>
<li class="count">seven</li>
</ul>
li {
list-style-type: decimal;
}
li:not(.count) {
-webkit-appearance: textfield;
-moz-appearance: textfield;
appearance: textfield;
}
this is a simple hack http://jsfiddle.net/9w9vkcf3/1/
The appearance
property is used to display an element using a platform-native styling based on the users' operating system's theme. source
One solution could be to use CSS counters and apply it using pseudo-element :before taking advance of content property with counter,
Counters may be specified with two different functions: 'counter()' or
'counters()'. The former has two forms: 'counter(name)' or
'counter(name, style)'. The generated text is the value of the
innermost counter of the given name in scope at this pseudo-element;
it is formatted in the indicated style ('decimal' by default). The
latter function also has two forms: 'counters(name, string)' or
'counters(name, string, style)'. The generated text is the value of
all counters with the given name in scope at this pseudo-element, from
outermost to innermost separated by the specified string. The counters
are rendered in the indicated style ('decimal' by default). See the
section on automatic counters and numbering for more information. The
name must not be 'none', 'inherit' or 'initial'. Such a name causes
the declaration to be ignored.
only in li
elements with class count
:
body {
counter-reset: section;/* Set the section counter to 0 */
}
ol {
list-style-type: none;
}
li.count::before {
counter-increment: section;/* Increment the section counter*/
content: counter(section)". ";/* Display the counter */
}
<ol>
<li class="count">one</li>
<li class="count">two</li>
<li class="count">three</li>
<li class="count">four</li>
<li>blabla</li>
<li class="count">five</li>
<li class="count">six</li>
<li>blabla</li>
<li class="count">seven</li>
</ol>
References
counter-increment
counter-reset
Here you go:
https://jsfiddle.net/Cheese1991/qnmhvvxj/
HTML:
<ul>
<li>One</li>
<li>Two</li>
<li class="skip">Skip</li>
<li>Three</li>
<li>Four</li>
</ul>
CSS:
ul {
counter-reset:yourCounter;
list-style:none;
}
ul li:not(.skip) {
counter-increment:yourCounter;
list-style:none;
}
ul li:not(.skip):before {
content:counter(yourCounter) ". ";
}
ul li.skip:before {
content:"\a0\a0\a0";
}
I hope this will help you