Questions tagged [list]
Generally used to describe bugs with unordered and ordered list elements.
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Numbering/bullet interpretation bug? [duplicate]
The number to the left shows up as a "1." even though I typed in "364." Very annoying.
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Bullet list formatting Protip
I'm trying to format a bullet list with a title like this:
this is the title
Waffles
Ponies
How do I get rid of the space between the title and the bullet list?
I've searched in the Formatting ...
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“Group” feature to share knowledge between developers [duplicate]
In my company (as probably in many) we are struggling to share the knowledge. This goes from product-specific knowledge (which would not fit on Stack Overflow) to more broad knowledge like the one ...
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Numbered lists display fine after newline only if the first item starts with 1; otherwise, they need an extra newline in between
See this markdown:
hello
1. Point 1
2. Point 2
bye
2. Point 2
3. Point 3
Now see how it renders:
hello
Point 1
Point 2
bye
2. Point 2
3. Point 3
As you see, the numbered list items just display ...
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Bullet lists beginning with empty first bullets render correctly in the preview, but not on the actual post
It displays correctly in the preview. Post Link
On this input:
*
* John
* 陳大文
I get the following (as shown in the above screenshot):
*
John
陳大文
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Stack Exchange Markdown rendering shows incorrect list spacing
Related to, but believed not a duplicate of, List line break/spacing format issue.
Below is explained a rendering issue for MarkDown affecting many if not all SE sites.
Further, I seem to be finding ...
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Adding indented text after a 2nd-level list in a nested list messes up the spacing of the outer list [duplicate]
If I have a bulleted list and I want to add some indented text after a certain element, I do something like this:
- Point 1
- Point 2
Indented text
- Point 3
..which renders like this:
Point 1
...
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Does <Shift> + <Enter> create lists automatically if the line starts with a dash or a bullet?
I just noticed that if you have some text and you add a dash in front of the first character, then when you hit Shift + Enter before any character in the text, then it gets rendered as a list.
This ...
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Appearance of numbers for an ordered list element starting with a code block
These:
1. ```
foo
bar
baz
bad
```
2. foo
bar
baz
bad
Render as:
foo
bar
baz
bad
foo
bar
baz
bad
Screenshot:
I am pretty sure the list numbers were aligned ...
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Add parenthesis as an accepted Markdown ordered list delimiter
The Markdown editor knows that an empty line, followed by a number, followed by a period, followed by a space, is a list item.
This works great
It's almost magic
The problem is that I almost always ...
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Numbered list in Winter Bash blog post isn't working correctly
The list at the bottom of the Winter Bash blog post has four steps, all numbered 1.:
Whether you’re new to Winter Bash or need a quick refresher, here’s how it works:
1. Ask, answer, vote, edit, and ...
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How to nest code within a list using Markdown
Oftentimes, I want to include code samples in a list, for example:
Item One
Item Two, for example:
private bool ItemTwo()
{
return this.IFeelLucky;
}
Item Three
The problem is that there isn't a ...
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Why aren't runnable code snippets formatted correctly within lists?
Consider the following code snippet.
console.log("this line is all right");
console.log("but this line is indented");
This should be a part of the same bullet point but it's not.
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How to write nested numbered lists
I just posted an answer on Stack Overflow where I wanted to have nested numbered lists, something like
1. Dog
1.1. German Shepherd
1.2. Belgian Shepherd
1.2.1. Malinois
1.2.2. Groenendael
1.2.3. ...
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Code block is not visible after using HTML <ul> (or “-” before text if you prefer) [duplicate]
When answering/asking a question if you want to achieve
a black dot before the text,
you can either use "-" before your text or use:
<ul>
<li>some text</li>
<ul/>
So far ...
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Unenclosed <li> element without <ul> or <ol> creates bullet point outside text area
If I simply put a bare <li>...</li> Element like below in my post, without wrapping it in a <ol>...</ol> or <ul>...</ul> as usual, it still creates an unordered ...
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Spoiler in list hides list number
While reading an answer over on Puzzling.SE, I noticed that having a spoiler in a list hides the item number/bullet. I can demonstrate it here. (It seems to be an issue only in Chrome.)
Ordered lists....
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How to prevent a numbered list when starting a paragraph with “1.”? [duplicate]
I just stumbled upon this answer on Chess Stack Exchange, where it looks like the author wanted to start a paragraph with "1. Nxc6" (which is the common notation for a chess move) but did not want a ...
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Inconsistent spacing when using paragraphs in lists [duplicate]
If you do something like this:
- This
- Is
Some
- Text
You end up with some inconsistent spacing:
Is this a bug or is this a feature request to change this so the spacing above is the same?
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Numbered list misaligned when I use intermediate bullet points
When creating this answer, I cannot make points 3 and 4 (in the red rectangle) line up with numbered points 1 and 2. I have followed the "Styling/Headers" suggestions with spaces in multiples of 4.
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The editor should be able to convert multi-line blocks to lists
Let's say I write up a bunch of rows and decide I want to make it a list:
Item 1
Another Item
Something Else
When I mark each line and click the "List" button (doesn't matter which one), the Editor ...
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Have the “Code sample” button work around the “Code placed after a list item” bug
So I've read that code blocks not working after a list item thing is due to an ambiguity in the spec and this kind of makes sense, however there is no ambiguity in what the "Code sample" button means:
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Adding auto numbering for numbered list
Problem 1:
Open a form for asking a question
Write several paragraphs of text
Select all of them and press Ctrl+O
Expected result: several list items; actual result: only one numbered line
Problem 2:...
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Code block is not properly formatted when placed immediately after a list item [duplicate]
Consider the following piece of Markdown code:
This is some regular text.
>>> def factorial(n):
... return 1 if n < 2 else n * factorial(n - 1)
...
* This is a list ...
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Extending paragraph indentation in a list [duplicate]
I am typesetting some explanations that work in steps, so that a bulleted or numbered list is appropriate. But the explanations may extend on several paragraphs and I would like to keep the ...
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How to insert subitem into list without breaking layout? [duplicate]
What I want to see in final (i.e. Outer begin x-pos is same as outer end x-pos, top & bottom margins for inner approx. equal):
What I really see (too large v-space before inner) as picture:
...
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Empty strings within a list ignored in web, but not in app
Web version of SE sites ignore empty strings within a list while rendering. Test post here. Both lists look same:
But in the iOS-app (android-app too) they look different:
App Version: 1.6.1....
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Why does line spacing depend on presence of subsequent lines in list items?
Today I was editing a post on Ask Ubuntu, when I saw this odd behaviour:
1.
2.
In the first image, the "press enter..." line wasn't indented and hence not part of the list. The code block above ...
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Bulleted/numbered list should recognise multiple items separated by new line [duplicate]
I've got the following list separated by new line characters (without bullet points yet):
aa
bb
cc
dd
ee
now I'm selecting these 5 lines and applying Bulleted List option in editor. This is what I'...
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Add markdown option for ordered lists with brackets [duplicate]
I searched for this first and couldn't find it already suggested.
I'm finding I'm coming across posts (often from new users) where an ordered list is included but is not formatted properly, because ...
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Please add more space around code or quote blocks in lists
Since a CSS update a while ago, code blocks and quotes in lists are too close to the line above for comfort:
This is a code example. Particularly annoying with code spans in the line.
Example code
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Images can be pushed outside the boundaries of a post by using nested lists
A
B
C
D
E
F
I don't even know. It just seemed weird.
Yes, I understand I could just avoid doing something like that. But the problem already exists with a single level.
Consider having 2 ...
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Should numbered lists be required to be sequential?
Is there a way to override the Numbered List Tool's need to make numbers sequential?
There are times that I really appreciate the fact that it's smart enough to make the numbers sequential regardless ...
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Line spacing after nested bullet points is inconsistent [duplicate]
Correct duplicate: Too small indent after nested list
Regarding the claimed duplicate (consecutive lists): that question was closed since it apparently follows Markdown spec in the Markdown => HTML ...
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Spoiler text doesn't work with numbered lists - Intended behavior? Workaround?
The spoiler markdown is sometimes cough messed up. Today's edition: Spoiler doesn't work with numbered lists.
>! 1. Foo
2. Bar
3. Baz
renders like
! 1. Foo
2. Bar
3. Baz
I could ...
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Bug in ordered list preview
When typing an ordered list, the preview of the last item is indented and restarts numbering (like an additional sublevel of the list) until any nonwhitespace character is added. Thus, somebody ...
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Images covering right side bar [duplicate]
When in a list, adding a picture that is indented covers up the background on the right where links normally go. See picture below:
(source: https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/a/6446/9628)
As you ...
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Recognize incorrect lists and inform users
A lot of (relatively) new users post answers looking like
1) Item 1
2) Item 2
which renders as
1) Item 1
2) Item 2
or if they notice the problem
1) Item 1<br> <!-- or with an empty ...
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Blockquotes in a list break blockquotes after the list
I noticed an answer over on The Workplace that had a blank blockquote at the bottom of it. When I went to edit, I saw that there was nothing after the end of the text to cause it.
And the actual post ...
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Lists - additional alphanumeric item labels
I think it would be a cool feature if list formatting allowed different alphanumeric labels (besides bullets):
1. First step has its own child steps
a. Lower
B. Upper
1.2 Step parent....
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How to add “Code sample” under “Numbered list”? [duplicate]
I want to add Code sample under Numbered List but unfortunately I am not able to do so.
Here is an example of what I want to achieve:
Using Numbered List -
This is my first point
I want to add my ...
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How can I embed a list inside a blockquote
I have an answer that I want to use a block quote to cite and outside reference. That reference is a bulleted list.
Pretty sure I have seen this before but I cannot find anyone using it.
How can I ...
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Code after bullet list isn't rendered correctly [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to nest code within a list using markdown
If there is a list immediately followed by a code block the code block is not recognized as code
(Even though there is a newline ...
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Images within nested lists can overflow outside of the post cell [duplicate]
This was originally noticed here but some quick checks show that this is not an issue exclusive to GD.SE. It occurs in both questions and answers.
Here's a Demonstration:
List
Image credit ...
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Padding on list items is incorrect in preview
This is a list without empty lines between items:
- Foo
- Bar
- Baz
Foo
Bar
Baz
This is a list with empty lines between items:
- Foo
- Bar
- Baz
Foo
Bar
Baz
Both lists render the same ...
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Bug in editor for numbered lists?
I noticed what seemed to be a bug in the way the stackoverflow editor handles numbered lists. I did a search on meta for this and it didn't come up, but if it is a duplicate, I'll delete the question.
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How can I blockquote a numbered list without resetting the number to 1?
Let's say I want to put "50. Quoting point number 50." in a blockquote. By default it will reset the number to 1:
Quoting point number 50.
How can I preserve the initial number 50?
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When you indent an image in a list, it overhangs [duplicate]
As you can see, the image is overhanging the edge of the box. This is also easy to see in editing and creating:
Here you can see that the dotted lines are blocked by the image going over it.
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To be listed among editors, one has to edit 5 posts… or more than 5?
Incorrect tooltip text is not a big deal, but it might damage the credibility of math-oriented SE sites.
Should be "at least 5 posts" or "more than 4 posts".
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Numbered list resets after code block
Context
I often try to write up my answers in a list of actions, to organize it.
Then I usually put some Code that he needs to place or modify :
(Four space for Stack Overflow, ">" does the same ...
