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AlChuck March 16, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Nested lists
March 16, 2010 at 7:14 pmParticipants 1Replies 2Last Activity 12 years, 6 months agoHi,
I was attempting to create a nested unordered list in a DITA document. I found that when I put the cursor in the usual place at the end of an element and try to add another unordered list in a list item, I get an error message that tells me “you're already in a list, dummy.” (I paraphrase…)
In the Help I discovered that pressing TAB is supposed to start me a new nested list. SO I did that, and sure enough it worked.
At least, it did in the first list item in my outer list. However, when I tried to do it again — for example, my third list item in the outer list – TAB instead takes this third list item and makes it the first item in a nested list beneath the second list item in the outer list.
Can't seem to get it to behave like it should. Any tips? I'm OK with editing the XML by hand with a text editor but man, what a pain in the neck. If that's my only recourse, I'm glad I don't nest lists like this very often…
Thanks.
Alan Oehler
Citrix Systems, Inc.Version#: 5.1.1.017
Derek Read March 16, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Reply to: Nested lists
March 16, 2010 at 9:50 pmUnless you are inserting elements using the Element List and building up the structure “manually” that way, you can't nest to the next level (using tab or other means) until your current level contains at least one
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1. New DITA Topic or open an existing one that allows
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- you are in contains some text.
4. Move to the end of this item and press ENTER. New item is inserted.
5. Type some text for the new item.
6. Press TAB. This item is nested further and contains one item (ie: wrapped inside- ).
7. Move to the end of this item and press ENTER. New item is inserted.
8. Type some text for the new item.
9. Press TAB. This item is nested further and contains one item (ie: wrapped inside- ).
Repeat 7-9 until you have enough nesting…Or instead of steps 7-9 locate a
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1. Change ainto a
- using the list button on the Formatting toolbar.
2. Do the following: type “item1” ENTER “item2” ENTER “item3” ENTER “item4” ENTER “item5”.
3. Place your cursor inside “item2”, press TAB, “item2” is nested inside “item1”.
4. Place your cursor inside “item3”, press TAB, “item3” is nested to the same level as “item2” (sibling inside “item1”). Press TAB again, “item3” is now nested inside “item2” and becomes a new- inside that
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- and work from there:
2. Find aand click the list button on the Formatting toolbar to turn it into a list or select elsewhere and insert a new list, or find a list.
3. Make sure the list item - .
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