Return the position of the list-item marker:
alert(document.getElementById("myList").style.listStylePosition);
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <ul id="myList" style="list-style-position:inside;"> <li>CSS</li> <li>HTML</li> <li>SQL</li> <li>C++</li> </ul>//from w w w . j a va 2 s . c o m <button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">Return list-item marker position</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = document.getElementById("myList").style.listStylePosition; } </script> </body> </html>