The start attribute of the ordered list is ignored

[neupauer]

The start attribute of the ordered list ( MDN | The Ordered List element ) is ignored (reset).

<ol start="4">

</ol>

Reason:

ol: {
  counterReset: 'list-counter',
},

Possible solution in future (maybe):

ol: {
  counterReset: 'list-counter attr(start number, 0)',
},

But <type-or-unit> param for attr() is not supported today. Solution like #70 is not possieble due to start is not finite. Does anyone have an idea?

EDIT:
Maybe option to opt-in/out for custom/default list style option?

There is also an issue ( #56 ), where both are rendered - but it can illustrate what I mean, an option to enable/disable one of them.

[swyxio]

just ran into this today. we need some sort of opt out, or to fix this underlying issue!

[neupauer]

In my opinion, the best solution right now is to display the default browser counter, and style it with the new pseudo-element ::marker (supported in all modern browsers).

Overriding the default counter introduce several issues:

• <ol> attributes reversed, start and type are ignored
• <ul> attribute type is ignored (type is deprecated, so not such an issue )
• <li> attributes type and value are ignored (type is deprecated, so not such an issue )

I will prepare a PR

Links:
web.dev | ::marker

[mfullbrook]

I've run into this issue too. It's a real problem when using markup that's been converted from markdown - markdown uses the start attribute when putting code blocks between ordered list items.

[swyxio]

@adamwathan @simonswiss would you take a PR for this one?

[neupauer]

I have also prepared an alternative solution to this issue ( see PR #85 ) - If someone needs a quick solution, it seems to be a pretty good alternative