Html ordered list 1.1, 1.2 (Nested counters and scope) not working

dirk picture dirk · May 2, 2012 · Viewed 117.4k times · Source

I use nested counters and scope to create an ordered list:

I expect the following outcome:

1. one
2. two
  2.1. two.one
  2.2. two.two
  2.3. two.three
3. three
  3.1 three.one
  3.2 three.two
    3.2.1 three.two.one
    3.2.2 three.two.two
4. four

Instead, this is what I see (wrong numbering):

1. one
2. two
  2.1. two.one
  2.2. two.two
  2.3. two.three
2.4 three <!-- this is where it goes wrong, when going back to the parent -->
  2.1 three.one
  2.2 three.two
    2.2.1 three.two.one
    2.2.2 three.two.two
2.3 four

I have no clue, does anyone see where it goes wrong?

Here is a JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/qGCUk/2/

Answer

Zoltan Toth picture Zoltan Toth · May 2, 2012

Uncheck "normalize CSS" - http://jsfiddle.net/qGCUk/3/ The CSS reset used in that defaults all list margins and paddings to 0

UPDATE http://jsfiddle.net/qGCUk/4/ - you have to include your sub-lists in your main <li>

ol {
  counter-reset: item
}
li {
  display: block
}
li:before {
  content: counters(item, ".") " ";
  counter-increment: item
}
<ol>
  <li>one</li>
  <li>two
    <ol>
      <li>two.one</li>
      <li>two.two</li>
      <li>two.three</li>
    </ol>
  </li>
  <li>three
    <ol>
      <li>three.one</li>
      <li>three.two
        <ol>
          <li>three.two.one</li>
          <li>three.two.two</li>
        </ol>
      </li>
    </ol>
  </li>
  <li>four</li>
</ol>