95689 - changing numbered list to uppercase alpha makes sublist numeric

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Editor, defect, P5)

Description

[sujay]

using 8/15 build of netscape

1) launch netscape
2) launch composer
3) insert numbered list
4) double click on the list to bring up list props
5) change it to "A, B, C"
6) enter several list items
7) on the last one hit indent.

notice the sublist now starts with "1."

shouldn't the sublist retain the "A, B, C" pattern ?

Comment 1

[Kathleen :Brade]

This is how 4.x works as well.

Comment 2

[Kathleen :Brade]

clarification: 4.x makes new sublists inherit the list type of the parent list 
(as Sujay is requesting in this bug)

Comment 3

[rubydoo123]

no, it should be alternating just like bullet lists alternate

Comment 4

[Kathleen :Brade]

-->cmanske

Comment 5

[Kathleen :Brade]

-->cmanske

Comment 6

[Syd Logan]

spam composer change

Comment 7

[TucsonTester2]

I've run into this as well with a list that is numbered with Roman numerals. 
Once you indent one of the list items it turns into 1.  

If it is supposed to alternate, can't it alternate depending on the list type? 
In the case of Roman numerals for example, they should be something like:

I. line 1
   i.  line 2
   ii. line 3

The lettered list could be:

A. line 1
   a.  line 2
   b.  line 3

I think that this looks a lot better than just putting a one into everything you
indent in a list.

Comment 8

[Charles Manske]

Joe: does this change with any of you other list fixes? I guess it's asking that
the indented list inherit the "type" attribute of the parent UL or OL, right?

Comment 9

[Joe Francis]

Charlie, right.  If that's what we want, it's a fix to 
nsHTMLEditRules::WillMakeList().  Is that what we want?

Comment 10

[Charles Manske]

I guess so! Do you agree?

Comment 11

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Bugs targeted at mozilla1.0 without the mozilla1.0 keyword moved to mozilla1.0.1 
(you can query for this string to delete spam or retrieve the list of bugs I've 
moved)

Comment 12

[Joe Francis]

The days of having a half dozen milestones out in front of us to divide bugs 
between seem to be gone, though I dont know why.  Lumping everything together as 
far out as I can.  I'll pull back things that I am working on as I go.

Comment 13

[Joe Francis]

[ushing these out as far as bugzilla will let me.  I'll pull them back as I work
on them.

Comment 14

[Jens Stutte [:jstutte]]

Bulk-downgrade of unassigned, >=5 years untouched DOM/Storage bugs' priority.

If you have reason to believe this is wrong (especially for the severity), please write a comment and ni :jstutte.