Moving up/down a folded checklist doesn't move its children along

Steps to reproduce

  1. Paste the following Markdown in Editing mode:
- [ ] Todo item before
- [ ] Checklist
   - [ ] item 1
   - [ ] item 2
- [ ] Todo item after
  1. Place the cursor on Checklist and Fold more (if Ctrl± doesn’t work in Vault, press Ctrl+P → Fold more).
  2. On the folded Checklist, press Alt+Down

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide?

Yes. In the sanbox the Ctrl± and Alt+Up/Down shortcuts don’t work, but the bug can be reproduced via Ctrl+P commands.

Expected result

The entire folded Checklist should move after Todo item after. This is the case with any tree-oriented todo list application.

- [ ] Todo item before
- [ ] Todo item after
- [ ] Checklist
   - [ ] item 1
   - [ ] item 2

Actual result

Only the Checklist line is moved down.

- [ ] Todo item before
	- [ ] item 1
- [ ] Checklist
	- [ ] item 2
- [ ] Todo item after

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.9.12
Installer version: v1.9.12
Operating system: #28-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Jul 23 12:05:14 UTC 2025 6.14.0-28-generic
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Language: en
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 1
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 5
Plugins enabled: 2
1: Emoji Autocomplete v1.4.1
2: Dataview v0.5.68

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