Note Editor: Difficulty exiting a list properly (bullet/numbered) when there is text after

edited 28 days ago
Description:
In Zotero 7's note editor, I am experiencing issues when trying to exit a list (both bullet and numbered) and return to normal text formatting. Specifically, when I attempt to remove the list formatting and reset indentation, the previous list item also gets unintentionally affected.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a note in the Zotero note editor.
2. Paste some list text that is one line (e.g. copy from an annotation, Zotero will lose the line breaks)
3. Start a list (either bullet or numbered).
4. Press Enter in front of every entry.
5. Time to exit: press Enter to get a new line (this will create a new empty list item)
Variant 1:
6. Press Backspace to remove the empty list item.
7. Press Shift + Tab to remove indentation and return to normal text.

→ While the current line successfully exits the list, the last item in the list also gets removed from the list formatting.

Variant 2:
6. Press Backspace to remove the empty list item.
7. Press Backspace again to remove the indentation and return to normal text.

→ This will first properly remove the bullet but retain the indent, the second Backspace will put use back where we started.

Variant 3:
6. Press Enter again to get out of the list item.

→This creates an empty bullet and continues the list below because there is some text to the right of the cursor. Otherwise, this works for exiting a list.

Additional Information:
- This issue occurs in Zotero 7.0.11.
- I tested it in Troubleshoot Mode (with all plugins disabled) and encountered the same behaviour.
- Screen recording to demonstrate the current behaviour: https://i.imgur.com/5Jk2cvz.gif

The only solution is to press Shift+Tab to get out of the list.
It does not seem really intuitive because pressing Enter for example would work as expected if no text follows.

Please tell me if other details are needed!
  • But why not just press Shift-Tab without pressing anything else in all cases if you want to convert a list item into a regular paragraph?
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