Numbering ordered lists

To number bullets in the page text consecutively, you can add the following CSS to the page ''MediaWiki:Common.css''. Please note that this custom styling  may not work if it is incompatible with CSS declarations from other stylesheets in the wiki.

{{Textbox|boxtype=important|header=Important!|text=This styling does NOT apply in the PDF export.|icon=yes}}Example for separately numbered footnotes.<ref>Footnote 1</ref> <ref>Footnote 2</ref><syntaxhighlight lang="css">

/* Styles for formatting sub-ordered-list-items with 1.1., 1.1.1., etc.)*/

/* First, set all numbered lists to use counter-reset */

#mw-content-text ol, ol.ve-ce-branchNode {

      counter-reset: item;

       margin: 0.3em 0 0 2.2em;

}

​

/* Display all list items in a numbered list in block display */

#mw-content-text ol>li, ol.ve-ce-branchNode>li {

      display: block;

}

ol.ve-ce-branchNode>li > p {display:inline}

​

/* Use a counter that checks the number of items and adds a "." between them and ends with ". " */

#mw-content-text ol>li:before, ol.ve-ce-branchNode>li:before { 

      content: counters(item, ".") ". "; 

      counter-increment: item;

}

​

/*Number footnotes separately */

#mw-content-text  .references ::marker {

    content: " ";   

}

#mw-content-text  ol.references {

    counter-reset:ref; list-style-type:none;

}

#mw-content-text  ol.references li:before{

    counter-increment:ref;

    content:counter(ref) ". ";

    float: left;

    margin-right: 1em;

    }

#mw-content-text  ol > li li {

    margin-left:-0.3em;

}

​

</syntaxhighlight>Output:

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# Step 1

## Substep 1

## Substep 2

### SubSubstep 1

### SubSubstep 2

### SubSubstep 3

# Step 2

# Step 2

# Step 2

Bulleted lists that are not numbered are not affected by the CSS declarations:

​

* List item 

** List item level 2

*** List item level 3

​

Numbering in a new "ordered list" starts back at 1:

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# Step 1

## Substep 1

## Substep 2

### SubSubstep 1

### SubSubstep 2

### SubSubstep 3

# Step 2

# Step 2

# Step 2

​

== Example for footnote numbering ==

These footnotes are formatted separately, although they are also just ordered list in the page content.

[[Category:Customization]]

[[de:Aufzählungslisten_nummerieren]]

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