counter-reset property CSS Reference

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Definition and Usage

The counter-reset CSS property is used to reset CSS Counters to a given value.

• Initial none
• Applies to all elements
• Inherited no
• Media all
• Computed Value as specified
• Animatable no
• Canonical order the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

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Syntax

Formal syntax: [<user-ident> <integer>?]+ | none

counter-reset: counter-name        /* Set counter-name to 0 */
counter-reset: counter-name -1     /* Set counter-name to -1 */
counter-reset: counter1 1 counter2 4 /* Set counter1 to 1, and counter2 to 4 */
counter-reset: none                /* Cancel any reset that could have been set in less specific rules */
counter-reset: inherit

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Values

<user-ident>

The name of the counter to reset.

<integer>

The value to reset the counter to on each occurrence of the element. Defaults to 0 if not given.

none

Is a keyword indicating that no counter reset is to be performed. It can be used to hide counter-reset defined in less specific rules.

You may specify as many counters to reset as you want, each separated by a space.

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Examples

h1 {
  counter-reset: chapter section 1 page;
  /* Sets the chapter and page counters to 0
     and the section counter to 1. */
}

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Compatibility

Desktop browsers

Mobile browsers