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CSS Pseudo-Property: counter-reset

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The CSS (CSS2) counter-reset (pseudo-)property creates or resets one or more CSS counters and is usually used in conjunction with the counter-increment and content pseudo-properties.

 

For example, a selector taking the following form will reset the counter named ctr to 1 each time the relevant selector is selected (here each time the page load comes across an <h1> element)

 

h1 { counter-reset: ctr; }

 

Property values (other than inherit and initial) that can be included in the pseudo-property include:

 

Value

Description

id value

The id of the counter to be reset (created) and the value that the counter is to be reset to on each occurrence of the selector (default value is 0)

none

(default). No counters reset

 

Default Value:

none

JavaScript syntax:

e.g. object.style.counterReset="ctr"

Inherited:

No

Animatable:

No

 


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