I’m sure this bug must’ve been reported, but I couldn’t find it by searching the forum.
In ordered or unordered lists, the first line of block quotes is over-indented by one tab if the block quotes are preceded by 2 or 3 spaces. The indentation is the same if the block quoted lines are preceded by 1 or 4 spaces, but the result is visually unappealing.
Steps to reproduce
Create a file with the following Markdown (note the 3 spaces before the > characters):
1. First list item
> Quoted line 1
> Quoted line 2
2. Second list item
* Unordered list item
> Quoted line 1
> Quoted line 2
* Another unordered list item
Did you follow the troubleshooting guide?
Y
Expected result
This is the rendering from Discourse:
Actual result
This is the rendering in Obsidian 1.8.10. The first line is over-indented, even though both start with the same number of spaces:
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.8.10
Installer version: v1.8.10
Operating system: #22-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed May 21 15:01:51 UTC 2025 6.14.0-22-generic
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none
Additional information
If the block quoted lines are prefixed by two space characters, only the unordered list renders the first block quoted line incorrectly:
1. First list item
> Quoted line 1
> Quoted line 2
2. Second list item
* Unordered list item
> Quoted line 1
> Quoted line 2
* Another unordered list item
Prefixing with only 1 space results in the block quote being out-dented vs. its list item:
Prefixing with 4 spaces results in an extra vertical tab:
