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CSS Nesting counters: UL inside OL count

It is easy to get the correct count if ol inside ol the format looks like below

 <ol>
  <li>item</li> 
  <li>item             
    <ol>
      <li>item</li>     
      <li>item</li>    
      <li>item          
    </ol>
  </li>
  <li>item</li>        
  <li>item</li>      
  <li>item
     <ol>
      <li>item</li>      
      <li>item</li>      
      <li>item         
    </ol>
   </li>        
  <li>item</li>       
</ol>

However, if I want to put ul inside ol I can't get counter works correctly

  <ol>
  <li>item</li> 
  <li>item             
    <ul>
      <li>item</li>     
      <li>item</li>    
      <li>item          
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>item</li>        
  <li>item</li>      
  <li>item
     <ul>
      <li>item</li>      
      <li>item</li>      
      <li>item         
    </ul>
   </li>        
  <li>item</li>       
</ol>

http://jsfiddle.net/jaxymnh8/

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Is there a way to avoid counting ul ?

Solution

  • There's a very simple way to fix it. Just use a CSS child selector (>) so the count only includes <li>s that are children of the <ol>.

    ol > li::before {
  counter-increment: my;
  content: counter(my) ; 
  margin-right: 10px;
}

    http://jsfiddle.net/jaxymnh8/1/