Automatically add list items in bbcode editor

[JoshyPHP]

Automatically add [*] when list is created: [liѕt][*][/list] and place cursor after [*]

I think that's a good idea, with a very high usefulness:cost ratio. It could include a second list items too, on a separate line.

For what it's worth, when you click the list button in SMF it adds the list tag plus two list items as such:

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[list]
[li][/li]
[li][/li]
[/list]

[kasimi]

I usually create my list first and then add the

• bbcode around it.

That's similar to how I do it. Here's what I'm thinking: If there is text selected in the message box when the user hits the list button, it could convert the selection into a list, one item for every new line.

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Item 1
Item 2
Item 3

So when selecting these three lines inside the message box and hitting the list button, it converts the above into this:

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[list][*]Item 1
[*]Item 2
[*]Item 3[/list]

[Mess]

I usually create my list first and then add the

• bbcode around it.

That's similar to how I do it. Here's what I'm thinking: If there is text selected in the message box when the user hits the list button, it could convert the selection into a list, one item for every new line.

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Item 1
Item 2
Item 3

So when selecting these three lines inside the message box and hitting the list button, it converts the above into this:

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[list][*]Item 1
[*]Item 2
[*]Item 3[/list]

Thats actually similar to how its handled in MS Word and Nowell email clients.

[Pony99CA]

As long as this won't cause problems entering multiple-paragraph list items, I'm fine with it.

• Paragraph 1
• Paragarph 2
  
  Paragraph 3
• Paragraph 4
  
  Paragraph 5

So maybe if [*] is generated and the user presses Enter immediately, the spurious [*] would be removed. It would also be nice if multiple-paragraph list items added a blank line before the next bullet to avoid Paragraph 3 being located closer to Paragraph 4 than to Paragraph 2.

Or just press delete three times?

Presuming the cursor would be placed after the [*], you'd have to hit Backspace three times. But why make the user do that? This RFC is about saving the user from typing extra characters.

Steve