/* Simple usage */
counter(countername);

/* changing the counter display */
counter(countername, upper-roman)

A counter has no visible effect by itself. The counter() function (and counters() function) is what makes it useful by returning developer defined strings (or images).

<custom-ident>

A name identifying the counter, which is the same case-sensitive name used for the counter-reset and counter-increment. The name cannot start with two dashes and can't be none, unset, initial, or inherit.

<counter-style>

A <list-style-type> name, <@counter-style> name or symbols() function, where a counter style name is a numeric, alphabetic, or symbolic simple predefined counter style, a complex longhand east Asian or Ethiopic predefined counter style, or other predefined counter style. If omitted, the counter-style defaults to decimal.

<counter()> = 
  counter( <counter-name> , <counter-style>? )  

<counter-style> = 
  <counter-style-name>  |
  <symbols()>           

<symbols()> = 
  symbols( <symbols-type>? [ <string> | <image> ]+ )  

<symbols-type> = 
  cyclic      |
  numeric     |
  alphabetic  |
  symbolic    |
  fixed       

<image> = 
  <url>       |
  <gradient>  

<url> = 
  url( <string> <url-modifier>* )  |
  src( <string> <url-modifier>* )  

HTML

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

CSS

ol {
  counter-reset: listCounter;
}
li {
  counter-increment: listCounter;
}
li::after {
  content: "[" counter(listCounter) "] == [" counter(listCounter, upper-roman)
    "]";
}

Result

HTML

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

CSS

ol {
  counter-reset: count;
}
li {
  counter-increment: count;
}
li::after {
  content: "[" counter(count, decimal-leading-zero) "] == [" counter(
      count,
      lower-alpha
    )
    "]";
}

Result

• Using CSS Counters
• counter-reset
• counter-set
• counter-increment
• @counter-style
• CSS counters() function