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.

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 */
.pdfcreator-page-content ol,
#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 */
.pdfcreator-page-content ol > li,
#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 ". " */
.pdfcreator-page-content ol > li:before,
#mw-content-text ol > li:before,
ol.ve-ce-branchNode > li:before {
    content: counters(item, ".") ". ";
    counter-increment: item;
}

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