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CSS

Posted by Mary O'Gorman
Mary O'Gorman
1,482 Points

Trying to have nested lists with numbers and alphabetical.

Where I have added the class alpha I would like the list to change to alphabetical but it hasn't changed. Any ideas? http://jsfiddle.net/nettlepatch/xLoq3zm5/

<head>
<style>
strong {
   font-weight: 700;
  }

.maincontent ol {
  margin: 25px;
}

ol.tc li ol.d {
  list-style-type: lower-alpha !important;
  color: red;}

ol.tc {
    counter-reset: item;
}

ol.tc li {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
}
ol.tc li:before {
    content: counters(item, ".")".";
    counter-increment: item;
    position: absolute;
    margin-right: 100%;
    right: 10px; /* space between number and text */
}

ol.tc {
    counter-reset: item;
}
ol.tc li:before {
    content: counters(item, ".")".";
    counter-increment: item;
    position: absolute;
    margin-right: 100%;
    right: 10px; /* space between number and text */
}

ol.alpha {
    counter-reset: item;
    list-style-type: lower-alpha;
}

ol.alpha li:before {
    list-style-type: lower-alpha;
    position: absolute;
    margin-right: 100%;
    right: 10px; /* space between number and text */
    color: pink;
}
</style>

</head>
<body>

<ol class="tc">
  <ul>
    <li><strong>Preconditions</strong><br>
        <ol class="tc">
            <li>Before we can provide you with Pay Monthly Services, you will need to:</li>         
            <li>Complete our application process and provide us with any information which we reasonably ask for.</li>
            <li>Have a credit score and provide us with inancial security which is satisfactory to us. </li>
            <li>Provide us with valid proof of identity and evidence that you are permanently living in the Republic of Ireland.
             <li>Provide us with valid proof that you are aged over 18 years. </li>
        </ol>
      </li>

    <li><strong>Tariff Limits</strong><br>
      <ol class="tc">
           <li>Tariffs may include a limit on the volume of Services, including minutes, texts and/or internet access, which can be used without extra charge. Charges for all Services in excess of any Tariff limits will be charged at the rates set out in the charges.</li>
      </ol>
    </li>

    <li><strong>Call Charges covered by Tariff limits</strong><br>
      <ol class="tc">
          <li>Tariff limits cover calls made in Ireland to:
      <ol>

      <ol class="alpha">      
        <li>standard Irish landlines; and</li>
        <li>08 numbers allocated to Irish mobile network operators.</li>  
      </ol>
    </li> 
  </ul>
</ol>

</body>

1 Answer

Trent Gardner II
Trent Gardner II
24,098 Points
Trent Gardner II
Trent Gardner II
24,098 Points

Hi there!

The a few things to look out for are overly specific selectors (i.e. ol.tc etc) and watching out for decedent selectors 

ol.tc li {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
}
/*vs*/
.tc > li {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
}

Especially since you're needing to nest to use content:counters() like you want. Also make sure your code is DRY and eliminate unused properties in your selectors.

I refactored your css and got rid of the first ul and negated the affects of tc li:before with .alpha li:before { content: none; }

See the code below and here is the JSFiddle. Never got the chance to see counters() in use, good work!

<head>
<style>
strong {
   font-weight: 700;
  }

.maincontent ol {
  margin: 25px;
}

.tc li ol.d {
  list-style-type: lower-alpha !important;
  color: red;}

.tc {
    counter-reset: item;
}

.tc > li {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
}

.tc li:before {
    content: counters(item, ".")".";
    counter-increment: item;
    position: absolute;
    margin-right: 100%;
    right: 10px; /* space between number and text */
}

.alpha {
    list-style-type: lower-alpha;
}

.alpha li:before {
    content: none;
 }

</style>

</head>
<body>

<ol class="tc">

    <li><strong>Preconditions</strong><br>
        <ol class="tc">
            <li>Before we can provide you with Pay Monthly Services, you will need to:</li>         
            <li>Complete our application process and provide us with any information which we reasonably ask for.</li>
            <li>Have a credit score and provide us with inancial security which is satisfactory to us. </li>
            <li>Provide us with valid proof of identity and evidence that you are permanently living in the Republic of Ireland.
             <li>Provide us with valid proof that you are aged over 18 years. </li>
        </ol>
      </li>

    <li><strong>Tariff Limits</strong><br>
      <ol class="tc">
           <li>Tariffs may include a limit on the volume of Services, including minutes, texts and/or internet access, which can be used without extra charge. Charges for all Services in excess of any Tariff limits will be charged at the rates set out in the charges.</li>
      </ol>
    </li>

    <li><strong>Call Charges covered by Tariff limits</strong><br>
      <ol class="tc">
          <li>Tariff limits cover calls made in Ireland to:
      <ol>

      <ol class="alpha">      
        <li>standard Irish landlines; and</li>
        <li>08 numbers allocated to Irish mobile network operators.</li>  
      </ol>

    </li> 

</ol>

</body>
Mary O'Gorman
Mary O'Gorman
1,482 Points

Thanks Trent, that really helped me out.