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Rance D. Necaise

Itemized List

A LaTeX like environment for creating bulleted lists. This environment can be nested to create sub lists, but the same style of bullet is used unless a different style is specified.

list module
\begin{itemize}[type=*|#|o|x style=cssnames]
  \item{...}
  \begin{item}
     ...
  \end{item}
      :
\end{itemize}
Creates an itemized or bullet type list. The list items are specified using one or more \item commands or one or more item environments.
Keys:
type

The type or style of 'bullets' used to mark the items. The value of this argument can be one of the following letters:

ValueDescription
*solid bullets (•)
#solid squares (▪)
oopen bullets (◦)
xno bullet is shown
style

The name of one or more style classes that are appended to the class name of the list. This allows for additional styling of the default list. For example, style=medskip will add 1ex of additional vertical space between the list items. The current styles defined for an itemized list are provided below:

ValueDescription
paramitemsvertically spaces the list and list items for paragraph type items.
noskipuse the standard spacing between list items.
smallskipadds a small amount of vertical spacing between list items.
medskipadds 1ex of vertical spacing between list items. (default)
bigskipadds 1.5ex of vertical spacing between list items.
largeskipadds 2ex of vertical spacing between list items.
indentindents the list a small amount.
bigindentindents the list double the indent style
wideindentindents the list triple the indent style
highlighthighlights the list item with a light gray background.
Plugin:  ItemizedList

Examples

The list definition below produces a typical itemized list:

Example
source
  1. \begin{itemize}
  2. \item{First item}
  3. \item{Second item}
  4. \item{Another item}
  5. \end{itemize}
  • First item
  • Second item
  • Another item
results

Below are examples of the different bullet types

Example
source
  1. \begin{itemize}[type=#]
  2. \item{First item}
  3. \item{Second item}
  4. \item{Another item}
  5. \end{itemize}
  • First item
  • Second item
  • Another item
results
Example
source
  1. \begin{itemize}[type=o]
  2. \item{First item}
  3. \item{Second item}
  4. \item{Another item}
  5. \end{itemize}
  • First item
  • Second item
  • Another item
results
Example
source
  1. \begin{itemize}[type=x]
  2. \item{First item}
  3. \item{Second item}
  4. \item{Another item}
  5. \end{itemize}
  • First item
  • Second item
  • Another item
results
  August 16, 2026 at 03:43 PM