Question: I've just noticed something funny. Let's say I have a HTML list:

```
<ol>
    <li>Lorem</li>
    <li>ipsum</li>
    <li>dolor</li>
    <li>sit amet enim. Etiam ullamcorper. Suspendisse a pellentesque dui, non felis. Maecenas malesuada elit lectus felis, malesuada ultricies. Curabitur et ligula.</li>
</ol>

```

And this CSS:

```
li {
    white-space: nowrap;
    overflow: hidden;
}

```

The long text in the last item is indeed hacked off when it goes off the container's width, as expected. BUT! The list item numbers are affected by the `overflow` property too and are not shown.

However, modifying the CSS like this:

```
ol {
    overflow: hidden;
}
li {
    white-space: nowrap;
}

```

works as intended (text won't go out of the container, but list items are shown). At least all this is true for Firefox 4 beta10.

Don't you think that the numbering being affected by the `overflow` is a bit illogical? Why would that happen? Is it intende behaviour? Is it in the specification or is it just some oddity someone forgot to deal with?

Answer: 
This is the default behavior as far as I´m aware, if the `list-style-position` is `outside`, bullets of an `ul` and numbers of an `ol` do not show. At least in Firefox, I remember seeing it before in older versions.
I've seen my bullets/numbers get clipped when there is not enough padding on the left side of the ul. Try adding a bit and see if that helps.