thibaudcolas
commented
4 years ago Hey @jkevingutierrez, thanks for reporting this. This is intentional. I’ll have to think of how to implement the behaviour you describe from other editors.
The text only converts to a list item at the point of inserting the space after the asterisk / number, so in the meantime, I can suggest a few workarounds:
- Use a non-breaking space instead of a normal space. On macOS you can insert non-breakping space by pressing
⌥ + Space. Visually this will look the same for end users. - Type something before the
*then remove it – for example, typeTest* Legal line, then remove "Test". - As a simpler version of the above, it might be ok for you to type:
* Legal
# Instead of
* LegalDo you have examples of cases where you would want to add numbers without them being a list?
jkevingutierrez
Is your proposal related to a problem?
There is no way to add an asterisk with a space to the beginning of a paragraph without converting it to a list.
Describe the solution you’d like
In other editors, if you undo the action, it will delete the list, but, leaving the asterisk (allowing you to have the asterisk without creating a list).
In Draftail, if you add the asterisk, then press space, and try to undo the action it erases the list but also the asterisk.
Additional context
This is something that also happen for numbers, you can't add numbers (1.) without converting it to a list