# Auto-convert text to lists
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-convert-text-to-lists/16614
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [17 ביוני, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-convert-text-to-lists/16614 "2014-06-17T13:48:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@NomNuggetNom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NomNuggetNom)
#### Post date: [17 ביוני, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-convert-text-to-lists/16614/1 "2014-06-17T13:48:29Z")
When text like this is selected:
```
A
B
C
```
And the list icons ( ) are hit, it should result in this:
1. A
2. B
3. C
Instead of what it does now:
1. A B C
So basically, break each line into a bullet automatically.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [17 ביוני, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-convert-text-to-lists/16614/2 "2014-06-17T20:36:51Z")
We will probably do something like this when we bite the bullet and convert (aka “fork”) the editor to full on Ember.js.
This is on our list and @eviltrout is open to it, but it is not on the path to V1.0 which is our main goal for the next 4-6 weeks.
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### Author:  [@NomNuggetNom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NomNuggetNom)
#### Post date: [22 ביוני, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-convert-text-to-lists/16614/3 "2014-06-22T19:59:42Z")
Couldn’t you temporarily just replace the character after newline with “-” + first character?
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [4 בדצמבר, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-convert-text-to-lists/16614/4 "2025-12-04T11:14:27Z")