CSS - Vertical line between bullets in an unordered list

Question

How would I go about drawing a vertical line between the bullets in an unordered list, like so:

Notice that the line stops at the last list bullet. I\'m usi

Answer 1

ul.experiences li {
    padding-left: 33px;
    margin-bottom: 2.5em;
    list-style: none;
    background: url('../img/misc/list-bullet-darkgray.png') no-repeat;
    border-left: 1px solid #yourcolor;
}

And then I would just use padding and margins to align it and to stop the last one from extending:

ul.experiences li:last-child {
    padding-left: 33px;
    margin-bottom: 2.5em;
    list-style: none;
    background: url('../img/misc/list-bullet-darkgray.png') no-repeat;
    border-left: none;
}

The last child selector does not work in versions of IE < 7

DEMO

Answer 2

Probably a bit old now but here is a way you can do this. It requires a bit more markup to create styles and control the heights of elements (I used spans but you can use tags ):

ol,
ul {
  list-style: none;
}
li {
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: row;
  min-height: 100px;
  position: relative;
}
span.number {
  margin-right: 100px;
  text-align: center;
  width: 1em;
  height: 1em;
  background-color: red;
  border-radius: 50%;
  z-index: 1;
}
span.line {
  position: absolute;
  height: 100%;
  border: solid black 0.1em;
  top: 0.5em;
  left: 0.45em;
}
li:last-child span.line {
  display: none;
}
}
span.blob {}

<ul>
  <li><span class='line'></span><span class='number'>1</span>
    <div class='blob'>Hello</div>
  </li>
  <li><span class='number'>2</span>
    <div class='blob'>Goodbye</div>
  </li>
</ul>

http://jsfiddle.net/efava0je/

Answer 3

You need to add a inner and outter div and then play with margins. Here is what i mean

DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/kevinPHPkevin/N9svF/

ul {
    padding-left:14px;
    margin-top:-6px;
    margin-bottom:-6px;
    padding-bottom:0;
}
#mainDiv {
    height: 200px;
    width:200px;
    position: relative;
}
#borderLeft {
    border-left: 2px solid #f51c40;
    position: absolute;
    top: 25px;
}

Answer 4

I doubt that this is achievable using just borders and "fiddling with margins" as others have suggested, at least I've had no luck in doing so.

This solution uses CSS-generated content (:before and :after) to draw bullets and lines. It allows for a high degree of customization and it keeps the markup clean, but note the browser support.

JSFiddle (scroll through CSS until the /* BORDERS AND BULLETS */ comment)

ul.experiences li {
    position:relative; /* so that pseudoelements are positioned relatively to their "li"s*/
    /* use padding-bottom instead of margin-bottom.*/ 
    margin-bottom: 0; /* This overrides previously specified margin-bottom */
    padding-bottom: 2.5em;
}

ul.experiences li:after {
    /* bullets */
    content: url('http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/RedDisc.svg/20px-RedDisc.svg.png');
    position: absolute;
    left: -26px; /*adjust manually*/
    top: 0px;
}

ul.experiences li:before {
    /* lines */
    content:"";
    position: absolute;
    left: -16px; /* adjust manually */
    border-left: 1px solid black;
    height: 100%;
    width: 1px;
}

ul.experiences li:first-child:before {
   /* first li's line */
   top: 6px; /* moves the line down so that it disappears under the bullet. Adjust manually */
}

ul.experiences li:last-child:before {
    /* last li's line */
   height: 6px; /* shorten the line so it goes only up to the bullet. Is equal to first-child:before's top */
}

NOTE: if the line's border-color has an alpha-channel specified, the overlap between first and second elements' borders will be noticeable.

Answer 5

Since there aren't many good answers here, I figured I'd add my solution:

I take advantage of position relative and include a white mask on the last item to hide the overflow. Works in mobile view and variation of the item heights.

HTML

<div class="list-wrapper">

    <div class="red-line"></div>

    <div class="list-item-wrapper">
        <div class="list-bullet">1</div>
        <div class="list-item">
            <div class="list-title">ITEM</div>
            <div class="list-text">Text</div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="list-item-wrapper">
        <div class="list-bullet">2</div>
        <div class="list-item">
            <div class="list-title">ITEM</div>
            <div class="list-text">Text</div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="list-item-wrapper">
        <div class="list-bullet">3</div>
        <div class="list-item">
            <div class="list-title">ITEM</div>
            <div class="list-text">Text</div>
        </div>
        <div class="white-line"></div>
    </div>

</div>

CSS

.list-wrapper {
  position:relative;
}
.list-item-wrapper {
  margin-top:10px;
  position:relative;
}
.list-bullet {
  float:left;
  margin-right:20px;
  background:#FF4949;
  height:30px;
  width:30px;
  line-height:30px;
  border-radius:100px;
  font-weight:700;
  color:white;
  text-align:center;
}
.list-item {
  display:table-row;
  vertical-align:middle;
}
.list-title {
    font-weight:700;
}
.list-text {
    font-weight:400;
}
.red-line {
  background:#FF4949;
  z-index:-1;
  width:1px;
  height:100%;
  position:absolute;
  left:15px;
}
.white-line {
  background:#FFF;
  z-index:-1;
  top:0px;
  width:1px;
  height:100%;
  position:absolute;
  left:15px;
}

DEMO http://jsfiddle.net/cfzsgkyn/