Numbering ordered lists

To number bullets in the page text consecutively, you can add the following CSS to the page MediaWiki:Common.css. Please note that this custom styling may not work if it is incompatible with CSS declarations from other stylesheets in the wiki.

Important!This styling does NOT apply in the PDF export.

Example for separately numbered footnotes.

/* Styles for formatting sub-ordered-list-items with 1.1., 1.1.1., etc.)*/
	
/* First, set all numbered lists to use counter-reset */
#mw-content-text ol, ol.ve-ce-branchNode {
      counter-reset: item;
       margin: 0.3em 0 0 2.2em;
}

/* Display all list items in a numbered list in block display */
#mw-content-text ol>li, ol.ve-ce-branchNode>li {
      display: block;
}
ol.ve-ce-branchNode>li > p {display:inline}

/* Use a counter that checks the number of items and adds a "." between them and ends with ". " */
#mw-content-text ol>li:before, ol.ve-ce-branchNode>li:before { 
      content: counters(item, ".") ". "; 
      counter-increment: item;
}

/*Number footnotes separately */
#mw-content-text  .references ::marker {
    content: " ";	
}
#mw-content-text  ol.references {
    counter-reset:ref; list-style-type:none;
}
#mw-content-text  ol.references li:before{
    counter-increment:ref;
    content:counter(ref) ". ";
    float: left;
    margin-right: 1em;
	}
#mw-content-text  ol > li li {
    margin-left:-0.3em;
}

Output:

1. Step 1
   1. Substep 1
   2. Substep 2
      1. SubSubstep 1
      2. SubSubstep 2
      3. SubSubstep 3
2. Step 2
3. Step 2
4. Step 2

Bulleted lists that are not numbered are not affected by the CSS declarations:

• List item
  • List item level 2
    • List item level 3

Numbering in a new "ordered list" starts back at 1:

1. Step 1
   1. Substep 1
   2. Substep 2
      1. SubSubstep 1
      2. SubSubstep 2
      3. SubSubstep 3
2. Step 2
3. Step 2
4. Step 2

Example for footnote numbering

These footnotes are formatted separately, although they are also just ordered list in the page content.

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