# Bulletpoint generation broken **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulletpoint-generation-broken/33391 **Category:** Feature **Tags:** composer **Created:** [September 17, 2015, 11:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulletpoint-generation-broken/33391 "2015-09-17T11:18:11Z") **Posts on this page:** 11 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![sammcj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sammcj/32/116594_2.png) [@sammcj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sammcj) #### Post date: [September 17, 2015, 11:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulletpoint-generation-broken/33391/1 "2015-09-17T11:18:11Z")
When selecting a list and clicking the bulletpoint formatting button, it merges the list into one item. For example: - Item one Item two Item three Should have been formatted as: - Item one - Item two - Item three Screenshots: I have a list: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/c/5c1a0af0ab5638fffdb9314be1877e7f8d4d8aed.jpg) And after I click on the bulletpoint formatting button: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/f/1fe094a73cbbea43bddb9ba9e6dd2b43d88e0cb7.jpg) ---
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [September 17, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulletpoint-generation-broken/33391/2 "2015-09-17T11:38:07Z")
That is the way it has always worked since launch in 2013. We just haven’t had time to improve it, and very few people use extensive formatting via toolbar buttons. ---
### Author: ![Tom\_Newsom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tom_newsom/32/115981_2.png) [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom) #### Post date: [September 17, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulletpoint-generation-broken/33391/3 "2015-09-17T12:19:19Z")
I would use this button a lot more if it worked :stuck_out_tongue: ---
### Author: ![sammcj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sammcj/32/116594_2.png) [@sammcj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sammcj) #### Post date: [September 18, 2015, 8:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulletpoint-generation-broken/33391/4 "2015-09-18T08:55:38Z")
I use it even though it doesn’t work and it drives me crazy, like, seriously every day. :gates: ---
### Author: ![Tom\_Newsom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tom_newsom/32/115981_2.png) [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom) #### Post date: [September 18, 2015, 8:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulletpoint-generation-broken/33391/5 "2015-09-18T08:58:45Z")
I find myself doing keyboard paradiddles (HOME, minus, space, down, HOME, minus, space, down, HOME, minus, space, down) and I think to myself, “This shouldn’t have to happen in 2015.” ---
### Author: ![terraboss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/terraboss/32/381157_2.png) [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss) #### Post date: [September 18, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulletpoint-generation-broken/33391/6 "2015-09-18T11:22:36Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > and very few people use extensive formatting via toolbar buttons. This makes the situation not better. This also happens when selecting a text area for quotes. The bullet points are disapearing. ---
### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh) #### Post date: [September 18, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulletpoint-generation-broken/33391/7 "2015-09-18T14:51:53Z")
There’s a good chance this will be addressed in v1.5: > [@Discourse Version 1.5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-1-5/30609/1): > > [Discourse v1.5] Focus > > - Rewrite composer toolbar in Ember > - Refactor Markdown into a dedicated, defer loaded, js include ---
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [August 15, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulletpoint-generation-broken/33391/8 "2016-08-15T05:48:26Z")
Did we fix this @eviltrout? I agree the old behavior was pretty bad. ---
### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh) #### Post date: [August 15, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulletpoint-generation-broken/33391/9 "2016-08-15T12:00:56Z")
I’m unable to reproduce the problem @sammcj describes, so this definitely seems fixed. ---
### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout) #### Post date: [August 15, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulletpoint-generation-broken/33391/10 "2016-08-15T16:57:09Z")
Yup, I spent time on this when I redid the discourse editor. ---
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [August 16, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulletpoint-generation-broken/33391/11 "2016-08-16T01:56:11Z")