Currently, with numbered and unnumbered lists, you can have sublists, but you cannot easily "go back to the previous level" after a sublist.
- You can start a new list item.
- You can use an indent : to continue your previous level after the sublist, but (depending on installation, skin, and local CSS) that does not always render as intended.
- you can put a <br /> plus a <span> or <div> with some arbitrary indentation at the end of your last sublist item. Besides being a structural sin, that hardly renders as intended with many skins, and browsers.
- You can wrap your sublist in a <div> container, but you usually need to know many peculiaritites of CSS and browser oddities in order to make it really work.
I want the latter be taken care of with a simple wikitext syntax, basically signalling:
1 - "continue with, or return to a previous level" or else
2 - "omit list tag, and do not increment count"
whatever the implementor chooses.
I clearly favorize solution 1 since it preserves structure, thus giving more logical HTML.
Since having "-" (minus, standard dash) immediately behind a wikitext list designator or indentation mark (*#:;) is fairly uncommon, I suggest extending wikitext syntax by
these:
| Prefix | Effect |
|---|---|
| *- | back to the * level, continue with previous item |
| #- | back to the level of the # |
| :- | back to the level of the : |
| ;- | back to the level of the ; (start with new label) |
All of them terminate sublists/indentation up to the level of the *#:; preceeding the - and continue the last block or item on that level without starting a new list item or block.
Sample:
# Here starts number one, having: #* a subitem #* another subitem #** with a sub-subitem #- and a continuation on the #1 level behind all subitems. # Here starts nuber two, now.
If a list item or block is to begin with a minus sign or dash, this syntax must be used:
* - unordered list item beginning with a dash or minus # -same- ordered list item beginning with a dash or minus : -16 km indented block beginning with a minus sign ; - start of definition list label with minus or dash
If - is not seen as a good choice, I suggest _ (underscore) as another possible candidate. Also . (dot) might be worth considering.
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
URL: bugsmash