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Numbered lists are misaligned

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tellem · 15/11/2023 07:24

If I include a numbered list in my posts, then when I submit them, the first item is always indented by auto-formatting, but subsequent items aren't, so it looks untidy. I'd prefer it if no auto-formatting was done at all, or if there was some way for me to control it. Here is an example, which will (hopefully) demonstrate the issue when I submit this post:

  1. Item 1
  1. Item 2
  2. Item 3
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Lougle · 16/11/2023 08:02

X posted with with @tribpot

  1. Putting
  2. '1'
  3. As the start of each list item
  4. Is such a stupid
  5. Requirement.
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tellem · 16/11/2023 08:04

tribpot · 16/11/2023 08:01

That's right @tellem on iOS and desktop you see the autoformatting before posting but on Android you don't (and it isn't actually doing it until posting, hence why if you manually type a list entry that starts with 2 it isn't including it in the list, just treating it as a regular paragraph that starts 2).

I think the workaround if you want numbered paras is to number them all 1.

Not the most intuitive workaround 🙂. Hopefully MNHQ will find a fix instead.

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tellem · 16/11/2023 08:04

tribpot · 16/11/2023 08:01

That's right @tellem on iOS and desktop you see the autoformatting before posting but on Android you don't (and it isn't actually doing it until posting, hence why if you manually type a list entry that starts with 2 it isn't including it in the list, just treating it as a regular paragraph that starts 2).

I think the workaround if you want numbered paras is to number them all 1.

Not the most intuitive workaround 🙂. Hopefully MNHQ will find a fix instead.

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EversoDisorganised · 16/11/2023 08:08

tribpot · 16/11/2023 07:53

Even more intriguing @tellem so the opposite behaviour to what I saw, where the list appeared unformatted until posting. Yours appeared formatted until posting.

I'd never picked up on this autonumbering problem that @EversoDisorganised mentions, where it converts all numbers back to 1 (presumably treating each one as the start of a new numbered list)

It started a year or so back @tribpot

You used to be able to start a sentence with 26. eg 26. Lord of the Rings but if you try now you get

  1. Lord of the Rings.

So you have to remember to use e.g.

26: Lord of The Rings. Which is easy enough but I always forget till I have used a full stop and watched it change. I really hate autoformatting / predictive text and switch them off everywhere I can but it is not optional on MN as it is on other systems.

Safari on Iphone (mobile) or ipad (desktop).

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LilyMumsnet · 16/11/2023 11:04

Hi all

We are looking into a fix for this. No time scale yet so it's likely not going to be soon, but we'll let you know when we have an update.

TeslaTwat · 16/11/2023 12:48

Lougle · 16/11/2023 07:53

  1. I am on Android
  2. I am using Chrome
  3. It's all wrong for me too.

When I write the post, the numbers align. Then it posts and only the first is indented, then there's a paragraph break and the next two aren't indented.

Mine does this via the app on iPhone. If that helps.

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