The counter-reset property

The counter-reset property sets the value the counter is set to on each occurrence of a selector. Default is 0.

Note: If "display: none" is used you should not be able to reset the counter. If "visibility: hidden" is used you should be able to reset the counter.

Inherited: No

Example

A way to number sections and sub-sections with "Section 1", "1.1", "1.2", etc.

h1:before
{
content: "Section " counter(section) ". ";
/* Add 1 to section */
counter-increment: section;
/* Set sub-section to 0 */
counter-reset: section;
}

h2:before
{
content: counter(section) "." counter(sub-section) " ";
counter-increment: sub-section;
}

Possible Values

Value	Description	NN	IE
none	No reset of the counter in the selector
identifier number	The identifier defines a selector, id, or class that should reset the counter. The number sets the value the counter is set to on each occurrence of the selector. number can be a positive number,zero, or a negative number

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