# CSS: Marker Layout Not Working

**URL:** <https://community.novulo.com/t/css-marker-layout-not-working/913>\
**Category:** \[Q&A\] General\
**Created:** [April 10, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.novulo.com/t/css-marker-layout-not-working/913 "2026-04-10T12:18:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Axel\_Verkleij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@Axel\_Verkleij](https://community.novulo.com/u/Axel_Verkleij)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.novulo.com/t/css-marker-layout-not-working/913/1 "2026-04-10T12:18:43Z")

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Hi all, I’m currently struggling with the following problem.

I used a CSS sheet at Corporate Identity in which I defined the colour for the ‘list marker’ (the dot) as red:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/uploads/novulo/original/2X/1/12b7d22bef49cb97edeae1d41b58827d2f1e5112.png)

When editing content block templates with this corporate identity linked, the red dots show up just fine:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/uploads/novulo/original/2X/1/1cddc2a9bd744f46bcc14804cd779443ac6a0280.png)

However, once I use this content block template in an activity, the layout vanishes:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/uploads/novulo/original/2X/6/619c7d646eee969565c4a1958e5a851a3c56287c.png)

Importantly, I have tested this with a CSS in which other classes were also defined. Every class, including layout on the list texts, were displayed in **both** the content block template **and** the activity, **except** for the marker.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Aimee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aimee](https://community.novulo.com/u/Aimee)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://community.novulo.com/t/css-marker-layout-not-working/913/2 "2026-04-13T07:53:47Z")

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Hi Axel,

When I compare the two screenshots, the header text appears to be a different color. Could you confirm whether the corporate identity is properly linked to the activity?

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**Author:** ![Axel\_Verkleij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@Axel\_Verkleij](https://community.novulo.com/u/Axel_Verkleij)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://community.novulo.com/t/css-marker-layout-not-working/913/3 "2026-04-13T08:53:43Z")

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Hi Aimee, I’m not sure what caused this. However, let me show you some additional screenshots that isolate the issue. This is what happens when I change the font of the green headers from Tahoma to Arial:

Tahoma (first screenshot the content block template, second screenshot the activity):

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/uploads/novulo/original/2X/d/d9598722da26e545be2c535447601934f02775dc.png)

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/uploads/novulo/original/2X/3/36eb07d57dc8310fe2fcfaa4f7e2a348e1d7716a.png)

Arial (first screenshot the content block template, second screenshot the activity):

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/uploads/novulo/original/2X/1/1a6c654f8eb255a4b5b105effa9b87f0fba73597.png)

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/uploads/novulo/original/2X/6/6a3dc816655c8e4d1612c7a4c7393b1eed3de6d3.png)

As you see, the corporate identity is properly linked to the activity: the typeface of the header changed. However, the colour of the marker remains stubbornly black.

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**Author:** ![k.molokova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@k.molokova](https://community.novulo.com/u/k.molokova)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 9:55am UTC](https://community.novulo.com/t/css-marker-layout-not-working/913/4 "2026-04-13T09:55:01Z")

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@Axel_Verkleij, it could be that this marker selector (pseudo-element) is not fully supported. Probably the best option is to think of workaround: for example, set the red color for the tags and wrap a text into span with the black color. What is the markup you use? Table?

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**Author:** ![Axel\_Verkleij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@Axel\_Verkleij](https://community.novulo.com/u/Axel_Verkleij)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://community.novulo.com/t/css-marker-layout-not-working/913/5 "2026-04-16T10:55:53Z")

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@k.molokova  
I tried it with the span workaround - brilliant. Thank you very much 🙂 .

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/uploads/novulo/original/2X/a/aa3d5132629d22a343f0f8b6d8a7eada17d5b13b.png)