Nested block quotes formatting problems

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In edit view, block quotes nested within bulleted lists cause subsequent second-level bullets to render as orphans. In live view, subsequent bullets are rendered correctly.

Steps to reproduce

  1. make a bulleted list with sub-bullets
  2. insert a block quote between sub-bullets
  3. toggle between edit view and reading view

Expected result

edit view follows the formatting of reader view; e.g. items 2c and 2d below are rendered properly as children of item 2

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Actual result

edit view renders subordinate list items as orphans; e.g. items 2c and 2d are rendered as orphan bullets

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Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: 1.12.7
Installer version: 1.12.7
Operating system: Bluefin (v 43.20; Linux kernel 6.18.13-200.fc43.4)
Login status: logged in
Language: en
Catalyst license: none
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

  • tested in sandbox vault
  • numbered lists with nested block quotes produce the same error
  • possibly related to this bug? (edit: the forum software won’t let me link it, but the title is Editor/Live Preview: Support quotes/quotation in list items)
2

Sorry, typo in the second sentence. It should read:

In reader view, subsequent bullets are rendered correctly.

3

Can you attach here a copy of the source document? It’s hard to tell exactly without seeing the source document.

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sure! source doc here:

test.md (155 Bytes)

5

Ok, so I double checked this.

According to Commonmark, the Editor is correct and Reading mode is wrong.

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Schnorr_von_Carolsfeld_Bibel_in_Bildern_1860_054
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okay! any idea why? or did the commonmark dudes just make an arbitrary decision?

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Took a closer look at the spec sheet, which declares “a list item may contain any kind of block” (i.e. example 263 and example 298). So, the correct usage would be to just indent the quote block like in the attached file?

test-2.md (50 Bytes)