<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link href="/assets/reset.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="setup.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Item 1</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 2</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 3 with more text</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 4 longer</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 5 too</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 6</p>
</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Item 1</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 2</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 3 with more text</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 4 longer</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 5 too</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 6</p>
</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Item 1</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 2</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 3 with more text</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 4 longer</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 5 too</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 6</p>
</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Item 1</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 2</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 3 with more text</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 4 longer</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 5 too</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Item 6</p>
</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
index.html
body {
font-family: sans-serif;
padding: 1rem;
}
ol { background-color: gold; }
ol:not(:first-child) { margin-block-start: 1rem; }
li {
background-color: tomato;
border-block-end: 0.1rem solid firebrick;
border-inline-end: 0.1rem solid firebrick;
padding: 0.5rem;
}
setup.css
ol {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: nowrap; /* Default. */
min-block-size: 9rem;
}
ol:not(:first-child) { flex-wrap: wrap; }
ol:nth-child(3),
ol:nth-child(4) {
flex-direction: column;
}
/* Force the wrap. */
ol:nth-child(4) { max-block-size: 9rem; }
style.css