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Ordered List

The Ordered List macro adds an HTML List tag (ol) to content that you define in a List Item macro.

See also: Unordered List

Add an Ordered List to your page

  1. Navigate to the page you want to edit.
  2. Click Edit.
  3. Click the location on the page where you want to add the macro. You can reposition the macro placeholder later if necessary.
  4. Click Insert More Content → Other Macros .
  5. Select the Ordered List macro from the Macro Browser.
  6. Customize the macro element using any of the following options:
    Parameter Description Type Default Required
    ID Option to specify a unique ID for this element. If using this parameter to apply styling to the element, do not include the # selector. stringnone
    CSS Class Option to apply a custom CSS class to the element. Enter the CSS class name(s) to apply to the macro (case sensitive); multiple classes can be separated by a space or comma. Do not include the . selector in the class name. Classes must be part of your Global Confluence CSS or defined in a CSS Stylesheet macro that you have added to your page. stringnone
    Inline Style Option to apply an inline style(s) to the element content, e.g. list-style-type: upper-roman; border-style: dotted. Multiple styles can be separated by a semicolon. This style does not need to be defined in a CSS Stylesheet macro. stringnone
    TitleSpecify text to display in a tooltipstringnone
    Text DirectionSelect the text direction.single selectnone
    Language Code Enter a language code if you want to specify that the element content language is different from the default language of your page, e.g. de for German. Browsers will identify that the content is written in German. stringnone
  7. Click Insert. The macro placeholder displays.
  8. Define your list using the List Item macro as described below.

Add a List Item to your page

  1. With your page in Edit view, click within the body of the Unordered List macro.
  2. Click Insert More Content → Other Macros .
  3. Select the List Item macro from the Macro Browser.
  4. Customize the list using any of the following parameters:
    Parameter Description Type Default Required
    ID Option to specify a unique ID for this element. If using this parameter to apply styling to the element, do not include the # selector. stringnone
    CSS Class Option to apply a custom CSS class to the element. Enter the CSS class name(s) to apply to the macro (case sensitive); multiple classes can be separated by a space or comma. Do not include the . selector in the class name. Classes must be part of your Global Confluence CSS or defined in a CSS Stylesheet macro that you have added to your page. stringnone
    Inline Style Option to apply an inline style(s) to an individual list item content such as font styles or padding, e.g. font-family: Papyrus. This style does not need to be defined in a CSS Stylesheet macro. stringnone
    TitleSpecify text to display in a tooltipstringnone
    Text DirectionSelect the text direction.single selectnone
    Language Code Enter a language code if you want to specify that the element content language is different from the default language of your page, e.g. de for German. Browsers will identify that the content is written in German. stringnone
  5. Click Insert.
  6. Add a List Item macro for each list entry that you want to create. In this example, we have defined a purple, square bullet for the list and Papyrus font for the list items. The font color was selected using Confluence's text editor.
  7. Save the page to view the rendered list.

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