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While perusing Twitter for some cool stuff to share with my followers, I came across this tweet:
Why yes, Zack, yes there is!
First, make the items after the text that “interrupts” your list into their own separate list, like this:
Next, place your cursor into one of the list items, like this:
Now, right click on the ol (ordered list) structure bar and select “Continue Sequence” from the drop-down menu.
Et voilà! Your list has continued, just the way you wanted it to.
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Bravo on this tip. I only wish it were part of your normal Flare help. But at least I found it.
It would be good to know how to quickly break/split a numbered list that’s already created. Suppose I have created numbered list with steps 1 – 23. I now want to add an ordinary p paragraph block between steps 12 and 13. How can I quickly split the list in two to insert the p block? It’s a common requirement, but is there an easy way to do it?
Hey Nick,
The easiest way is to first unbind the list, then with the first part of the list, create a numbered list. Then add the p tag, and then select the rest of the content to make another list. You can then right click on the second list and choose “Continue Sequence”.
There isn’t a shortcut to insert a p tag in the middle of existing list items. There’s the keyboard shortcut “ctrl + ;” however, that will only add a nested p tag into a li tag.
The only way to insert a p tag is to go into the text editor and insert it manually. I believe the reason that Flare does not support any shortcuts for this is because it isn’t semantically correct to have a p tag on its own line within a or (although flare will not punish you for doing this and it will still render correctly).
Hope this helps!
Is there a way to break a list without unbinding it entirely?
I have a list
1. adfadlf
2. aldflasdlf this should be item 3
3. asfdlajsdlf;j
4. aldjflajdf
5. lajfdlajsflk
and I want to split one of the items into two points. Is there a clean way, beside inserting code in the XLM version?
Hi Josh,
To break an entire list, you have to first unbind the list and then regroup the lists separately.
In your example, if you would like to split an individual list item, please place the cursor where you would like to break the list item and then hit enter. This will move the content to its own line as item 3, and then the rest of the list numbers will automatically adjust.
Hope this helps!