Markdown: continue numbered list
MarkdownMarkdown Problem Overview
In the following markdown code I want item 3
to start with list number 3. But because of the code block in between markdown starts this list item as a new list. Is there any way to prevent that behaviour?
Desired output:
1. item 1
2. item 2
```
Code block
```
3. item 3
Produced output:
- item 1
- item 2
Code block
- item 3
Markdown Solutions
Solution 1 - Markdown
Use four spaces to indent content between bullet points
1. item 1
2. item 2
```
Code block
```
3. item 3
Produces:
-
item 1
-
item 2
Code block
-
item 3
Solution 2 - Markdown
As an extension to existing answers. For those trying to continue a numbered list after something other than a code block. For example a second paragraph. Just indent the second paragraph by at least 1 space.
Markdown:
1. one
2. two
three
3. four
Output:
-
one
-
two
three
-
four
Solution 3 - Markdown
Notice how in Macmade's solution, you can see an extra line of code above the "Code block".
Here are two better solutions:
-
Indent the code block by an extra 4 spaces (so usually 8, in this nested list example, 12). This will put the code in a
<pre>
element. On SO, you can even specify syntax highlight with a
<!-- language: lang-js -->
indented by 4 spaces (+1 here due to the nested list). -
item 1
-
item 2
Code.block('JavaScript', maybe)?
-
item 3
-
Or, just put the Code block within backticks and indent by 4 spaces (here, 1 extra because of the nested list). You'll get a regular indented text paragraph, with a
<code>
element inside it. This one you can't syntax-highlight: -
item 1
-
item 2
Code block
-
item 3
Note: you can click "edit" on this answer to see the underlying Markdown code. No need to save ;)
Solution 4 - Markdown
Macmade's solution doesn't work for me anymore on my Jekyll instance on Github Pages anymore but I found this solution on an issue for the kramdown github repo. For OP's example it would look like this:
1. item 1
2. item 2
```
Code block
```
{:start="3"}
3. item 3
Solved my issues handily.
Solution 5 - Markdown
If you use tab to indent the code block it will shape the entire block into one line. To avoid this you need to use html ordered list.
- item 1
- item 2
Code block
<ol start="3">
<li>item 3</li>
<li>item 4</li>
</ol>
Solution 6 - Markdown
If you happen to be using the Ruby gem redcarpet to render Markdown, you may still have this problem.
You can escape the numbering, and redcarpet will happily ignore any special meaning:
1\. Some heading
text text
text text
text text
2\. Some other heading
blah blah
more blah blah
Solution 7 - Markdown
Source;
<span>1.</span> item 1<br/>
<span>2.</span> item 2
```
Code block
```
<span>3.</span> item 3
Result;
1. item 1
2. item 2
Code block
3. item 3
Solution 8 - Markdown
If you don't want the lines in between the list items to be indented, like user Mars mentioned in his comment, you can use pandoc
's example_lists
feature. From their docs:
(@) My first example will be numbered (1).
(@) My second example will be numbered (2).
Explanation of examples.
(@) My third example will be numbered (3).
Solution 9 - Markdown
I solved this problem on Github separating the indented sub-block with a newline, for instance, you write the item 1, then hit enter twice (like if it was a new paragraph), indent the block and write what you want (a block of code, text, etc). More information on Markdown lists and Markdown line breaks.
###Example:
-
item one
-
item two
this block acts as a new paragraph, above there is a blank line
-
item three
some other code
-
item four
Solution 10 - Markdown
Put the list numbers in parentheses instead of followed by a period.
(1) item 1
(2) item 2
code block
(3) item 3
Solution 11 - Markdown
Note that there are also a number of extensions available that will fix this behaviour for specific contexts of Markdown use.
For example, sane_lists extension of python-markdown (used in mkdocs, for example), will recognize numbers used in Markdown lists. You just need to enable this extension markdown.markdown(some_text, extensions=['sane_lists'])
Solution 12 - Markdown
You can try to add a backslash (\
) before the period (1\. item 1
), which disables the list auto-numbering. Note: this will remove left side indentation.
1. item 1
def call_of_duty()
return press_f()
3. item 3
print("fus ro dah")
7. item 7
print("Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru")
10. item 10
From the link source:
3\. Put on shoes
2\. Open door
1\. Step outside
renders
3. Put on shoes
2. Open door
1. Step outside
Solution 13 - Markdown
If you want to have text aligned to preceding list item but avoid having "big" line break, use two spaces at the end of a list item and indent the text with some spaces.
Source: (dots are spaces ;-) of course)
1.·item1··
····This is some text
2.item2
Result:
- item1
This is some text - item2
Solution 14 - Markdown
In CommonMark Spec has a rules about this
1. foo
2. bar
7) baz
Generate this HTML
<ol>
<li>foo</li>
<li>bar</li>
</ol>
<ol start="3">
<li>baz</li>
</ol>