Numbered Headings in Markdown via CSS

styles.css

body { counter-reset: h1counter h2counter h3counter h4counter h5counter h6counter; }

h1 { counter-reset: h2counter; }
h2 { counter-reset: h3counter; }
h3 { counter-reset: h4counter; }
h4 { counter-reset: h5counter; }
h5 { counter-reset: h6counter; }
h6 {}

h2:before {
    counter-increment: h2counter;
    content: counter(h2counter) ".\0000a0\0000a0";
}

h3:before {
    counter-increment: h3counter;
    content: counter(h2counter) "." counter(h3counter) ".\0000a0\0000a0";
}

h4:before {
    counter-increment: h4counter;
    content: counter(h2counter) "." counter(h3counter) "." counter(h4counter) ".\0000a0\0000a0";
}

h5:before {
    counter-increment: h5counter;
    content: counter(h2counter) "." counter(h3counter) "." counter(h4counter) "." counter(h5counter) ".\0000a0\0000a0";
}

h6:before {
    counter-increment: h6counter;
    content: counter(h2counter) "." counter(h3counter) "." counter(h4counter) "." counter(h5counter) "." counter(h6counter) ".\0000a0\0000a0";
}

@patik Really nice! Thank you!

Hi,
I also have the same question as @netalex. Where do we put this css style in order for the md file to appear numbered on github?

How do i have numbering for level 1 headings too please.
the example here: https://www.w3schools.com/code/tryit.asp?filename=FZQ2MR6876E0
has failed already

@oodavid Thanks for the fix; I've updated the gist.

@netalex @AsiehH GitHub does not allow for CSS to affect README.md files through CSS for security reasons. However, I believe you can still add a <style> tag in the README and then copy the CSS into it.

@nyxee please update to the latest version of the gist, or add body { counter-reset: h1counter h2counter h3counter h4counter h5counter h6counter; } to your code (thanks to @oodavid)

@patik , this is working the way you want, as in the example. I would like to number the level one headings too. I am using markdown-preview-enhanced and put the required lines in ~/.mume/styles.less

Try mine, https://gist.github.com/rodolfoap/6cd714a65a891c6fe699ab91f0d22384 it adds support for [[TOC]]

I just can´t make it run on Gitlab. Does someone know how to add CSS to Gitlab markdown? See this open gitlab issue.