What I’m trying to do
TL;DR: I want to find a way to use the default unordered/ordered list styles, while also having available a custom outline style for lists that sequences like XXX(a)(2)(A)(ii)(IV). Like below:
I deal a lot with the U.S. Code and the Code of Federal Regulations (e.g., this). While it’s best practice to use a legal research service to keep tabs on the laws and regulations, I mostly deal with immigration law, which basically never changes. It’s convenient to have readily-accessible notes that let me link out from e.g., a client note, to the relevant provision of a law/regulation, and also track backlinks from that provision to see which other clients have dealt with similar issues. At least that’s the theory…
Things I have tried
I know how to set my obsidian.css file to include the OL list-style-types (e.g., ol ol ol { list-style-type: upper-roman } for each level of the list. But I don’t know how to make it so that either I can toggle between list styles (e.g., default ordered lists 1, 2, 3, or outline ordered list (a)(2)(A)(ii)(IV)) or just reserve a list style for particular notes/templates. I gather that perhaps my only option is to (1) define a ‘cssclass’ in my obsidian.css file and then (2) call that class in the YAML of notes that I want to have the outline-styled ordered list. Is that right? If so, does anybody know how, or have resources to point to how to create an ordered list outline sequence as a cssclass?
If not…any other ideas? It’s sort of petty, and I realize the easiest way is probably to just do an unordered list and start every line with the relevant outline (e.g., - (iv) bob loblaw law blog. But it would also be cool to be able to just enter-tab my way through the actual outline.
One more thing…
I also don’t know how to style my ordered list to have left and right parentheses (e.g., (a) blah blah) as opposed to a dot (e.g., a. blah). Is this a ol::before and ::after type situation? Clearly I am out of my element when it comes to, among other things, CSS, Markdown, and their interactions.
Thanks!!