Styling Nested Lists
You may insert one type of list in another. This is particularly useful with an outline rendered with ordered lists, where you may want several levels of items. While you can style nested lists using classes or ids, there’s an easier way.
To style nested lists:
1. | For styling the outermost list, type toplevel li {style_rules}, where toplevel is the list type of the outermost list (e.g., ol, ul, dt) and style_rules are the styles that should be applied.
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2. | For the second level list, type toplevel 2ndlevel li {style_rules}, where toplevel matches the toplevel in step 1 and 2ndlevel is the list type of the second level list.
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3. | For the third level list, type toplevel 2ndlevel 3rdlevel li {style_rules}, where toplevel and ... |
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