list marker box positioning

by Marten Koetsier

HTML

<h1>list marker box positioning</h1>
<ol class="inside">
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
</ol>
<ol class="outside">
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
    <li>item</li>
</ol>

CSS

ol {
    margin: 1ex 0;
    padding: 0;
    padding-left: 20px;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    list-style-type: lower-roman;
    list-style-position: outside;
}
ol.inside {
    list-style-position: inside;
}
ol.outside {
    list-style-position: outside;
}
li {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    background-color: #ccf;
}