HTML list-style-type dash

Question

There is an easy fix (text-indent) to keep the indented list effect with the :before pseudo class.

ul {
  margin: 0;
}
ul.dashed {
  list-style-type: none;
}
ul.dashed > li {
  text-indent: -5px;
}
ul.dashed > li:before {
  content: "-";
  text-indent: -5px;
}

Some text
<ul class="dashed">
  <li>First</li>
  <li>Second</li>
  <li>Third</li>
</ul>
<ul>
  <li>First</li>
  <li>Second</li>
  <li>Third</li>
</ul>
Last text

You could use :before and content: bearing in mind that this is not supported in IE 7 or below. If you're OK with that then this is your best solution. See the Can I Use or QuirksMode CSS compatibility tables for full details.

A slightly nastier solution that should work in older browsers is to use an image for the bullet point and just make the image look like a dash. See the W3C list-style-image page for examples.

Here's a version without any position relative or absolute and without text-indent:

ul.dash {
    list-style: none;
    margin-left: 0;
    padding-left: 1em;
}
ul.dash > li:before {
    display: inline-block;
    content: "-";
    width: 1em;
    margin-left: -1em;
}

Enjoy ;)

Use this:

ul
{
    list-style: square inside url('data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAKAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAAFAAoAAAIIjI+ZwKwPUQEAOw==');
}

ul {
  list-style-type: none;
}

ul > li:before {
  content: "–"; /* en dash */
  position: absolute;
  margin-left: -1.1em; 
}

demo fiddle

Let me add my version too, mostly for me to find my own preferred solution again:

ul {
  list-style-type: none;
  /*use padding to move list item from left to right*/
  padding-left: 1em;
}

ul li:before {
  content: "–";
  position: absolute;
  /*change margin to move dash around*/
  margin-left: -1em;
}

<!-- 
Just use the following CSS to turn your
common disc lists into a list-style-type: 'dash' 
Give credit and enjoy!
-->
Some text
<ul>
  <li>One</li>
  <li>Very</li>
  <li>Simple Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.</li>
  <li>Approach!</li>
</ul>

https://codepen.io/burningTyger/pen/dNzgrQ