Markdown compilation issue with unordered lists

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Hi,

I have a simple page I am working on that is using a single unordered list. It however when you view the page compiles differently the last item. In all line li /li items except the final line the code compiles the text in p /p tags the text. The default.md file is as below:

---
title: Vinylux
date: '09:34 26-10-2017'
---

# Vinylux

CND launched Vinylux in May 2013. Vinylux truly is a polish that defies time! It dries in 8.5 minutes (no lamp required) lasts up to a full week, and is removed with normal polish remover. 

* Basic manicure  
Includes file, cuticle care and Vinylux colour application  
£10 - Allow 30 minutes  
    
* Luxury manicure  
Includes file, cuticle care, warm paraffin wax moisturising treatment and Vinylux colour application  
£15 – Allow 1 hour  
    
* Basic pedicure  
Includes file, cuticle care and Vinylux colour application  
£10 – Allow 30 minutes

Each line of the unordered list ends with a double space rather than

The code however compiles to the following:

<h1>Vinylux</h1>
<p>CND launched Vinylux in May 2013. Vinylux truly is a polish that defies time! It dries in 8.5 minutes (no lamp required) lasts up to a full week, and is removed with normal polish remover. </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Basic manicure<br>
Includes file, cuticle care and Vinylux colour application<br>
£10 - Allow 30 minutes  </p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Luxury manicure<br>
Includes file, cuticle care, warm paraffin wax moisturising treatment and Vinylux colour application<br>
£15 – Allow 1 hour  </p>
</li>
<li>Basic pedicure<br>
Includes file, cuticle care and Vinylux colour application<br>
£10 – Allow 30 minutes  </li>
</ul>

If I add another li item at the bottom this one misses the p /p tags, but the previous one without now does.

I have disabled all add-ons (except default admin dashboard ones), running the version 1.3.7, oh and cleared the cache via the dashboard.

I am stumped, and not sure whether there is a way to do this without resorting to code manually.

Any help is much appreciated.

2

Hi SimpleByDesign,

i assume it happens because of the missing last “Line Break”(which results in the p-tag) in this list.

3

Hi,

Its something to do with the last item value. Technically the last item has the extra two spaces after the last line like all the others. For example, if I copy the first item:

* Basic manicure  
Includes file, cuticle care and Vinylux colour application  
£10 - Allow 30 minutes

And paste it as the bottom item, making sure it still has the double space, this line item isn’t wrapped in the p tag. However the one that wasn’t now is wrapped in the p tags like the others were. Its the last item in the list that always fails to format the same as the others.

The code now looks like:

<ul>
<li>
<p>Luxury manicure<br>
Includes file, cuticle care, warm paraffin wax moisturising treatment and Vinylux colour application<br>
£15 – Allow 1 hour  </p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Basic pedicure<br>
Includes file, cuticle care and Vinylux colour application<br>
£10 – Allow 30 minutes  </p>
</li>
<li>Basic manicure<br>
Includes file, cuticle care and Vinylux colour application<br>
£10 - Allow 30 minutes  </li>
</ul>
4

grav seems to use parsedown.

i found this:
https://github.com/erusev/parsedown/issues/427 - still open

5

Ah thank you, it would appear to be an existing know issue…but not fixed

I didn’t want to use HTML code as this will ultimately be handed over to a client for them to update, so having a mix of markdown and HTML could lead to lots of issues of broken pages. Simple lists might be ok, but as I need to have paragraph text within the li it makes it a little more complex.

For the interim period I am going to look at the TinyMCE Editor plugin to see if this can do what I need.

Many thanks again