CSS Property: counter-set

The counter-set property creates and sets a CSS counter to a specified value. The property is typically used together with the increment property or the content property.

EXAMPLE

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>counter-set</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1">

    <style>
        * {
            box-sizing: border-box;
        }
        body {
            /* counts from 1 starting from 0 */
            counter-set: counter 0;
        }
        div.a {
            counter-set: counter 0;
        }
        div.b {
            counter-set: counter 5;
        }
        p::before {
            counter-increment: counter;
            content: "Tutorial " counter(counter) ": ";
        }
        a {
            text-decoration: none;
            color: blue;
        }
        a:hover {
            color: red;
        }
        dfn {
            font-size: 24px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="a">
    <dfn style="color: red">counter-set: counter 0;</dfn>
    <p><a href="html.php">HTML</a></p>
    <p><a href="css.php">CSS</a></p>
    <p><a href="javascript.php">JavaScript</a></p>
    <p><a href="jquery.php">jQuery</a></p>
    <p><a href="mysql.php">MySQL</a></p>
    <p><a href="php.php">PHP</a></p>
</div>
<br><hr><br>
<div class="b">
    <dfn style="color: red">counter-set: counter 5;</dfn>
    <p><a href="html.php">HTML</a></p>
    <p><a href="css.php">CSS</a></p>
    <p><a href="javascript.php">JavaScript</a></p>
    <p><a href="jquery.php">jQuery</a></p>
    <p><a href="mysql.php">MySQL</a></p>
    <p><a href="php.php">PHP</a></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

RESULT