The One True Way to construct ordered lists in Flare?

[Phlawm53]

I've been using Flare 6's GUI tools to create procedures as ordered lists interspersed with descriptions of what happens in response to each step.

However, the only way I have found to get the construction to work is to create a series of paragraphs, then selectively make a repeating series of the following form (where [ol][li] indicates the CSS elements as displayed in the Flare show blocks tool at the left side of the editing window):

[ol] [li] 1. This is the first numbered step in a procedure. It's an ol with a single li.

[p.indented] This un-numbered paragraph describes what happens in response to step 1. A paragraph style class indents the un-numbered paragraph as required.

[ol] [li] 2. This is the second numbered step in a procedure; another ol with a single li. I use Flare's list actions GUI tool to continue the numbering.

[p.indented] This un-numbered paragraph describes what happens in response to step 2. The paragraph style class indents the unumbered paragraph as required.

[p.indented] Additional un-numbered paragraphs use the same indented style class.

[ol] [li] 3. This is the third numbered step in a procedure; another ol with a single li. I again use Flare's list actions GUI tool to continue the numbering.

…and so on…

Is this construction correct? Or have I misapprehended how to construct numbered lists that also contain un-numbered paragraphs?

I ask because if I create an ordered list (or even an unordered, bulleted one), I cannot use the Make Paragraph Items option to insert an un-numbered paragraph into the ol/ul parent element. If I try to do that, Flare 6 creates a [li] [p] construction that still carries a number or bullet.

Cheers & thanks,
Riley

[LTinker68]

How exactly are you using the Make Paragraph Items option? I can get a list with paragraphs that looks like the following (spacing simulated):

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1. Bullet item 1

         Paragraph item 1

2. Bullet item 2

         Paragraph item 2

3. Bullet item 3

         Paragraph item 3

The back end code for the above list looks like the following:

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<ol>
   <li>
       <p>Bullet item 1</p>
       <p class="listParagraph">Paragraph item 1</p>
   </li>
   <li>
        <p>Bullet item 2</p>
        <p class="listParagraph">Paragraph item 2</p>
   </li>
   <li>
        <p>Bullet item 3</p>
        <p class="listParagraph">Paragraph item 3</p>
   </li>
</ol>

The above was done using the Make Paragraph Items option. The list uses the HTML <ol> tag, the line items use the standard <li> tag (with paragraph tags enclosing each line as shown above), and I applied a custom paragraph to the description paragraphs with a style of the following:

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p.listParagraph {
    margin: 8px 0 8px 20px;
}

[Phlawm53]

Lisa:

Well, something seems broken. The following illustrates the way I'm going about this.

First, I type four lines of text as follows:

One.
Two.
Three.
Four.

Next I select all four lines, then in the list tool click Numbered list. I now have:

1. One.
2. Two.
3. Three.
4. Four.

So far, so good: All four of the items are li elements contained within a single ol element.

Now I position my insertion point in the second line, in the block display tool right-click the li element, then choose Make Paragraph Item.

Flare simply adds a p tag to the right of li tag; the item remains numbered.

And the resulting code doesn't resemble yours:

<ol>
<li>One.</li>
<li>
<p>Two.</p>
</li>
<li>Three.</li>
<li>Four.</li>
</ol>

I seem to recall that Flare started out behaving properly in this regard; that is to say that something appears to have gotten broken. Moreover, if I create an entirely new project (and so get a new CSS and so on), the behavior is the same: something isn't working right in my Flare 6 list machinery…?

Cheers & thanks,
Riley

[Andrew]

You have to press Enter at the end of your list item after you make the <li> a paragraph item. That will get you a new <p> that does NOT contain a numeral. Hope that helps.

[Phlawm53]

Andrew:

You have to press Enter at the end of your list item after you make the <li> a paragraph item. That will get you a new <p> that does NOT contain a numeral. Hope that helps.

That was it -- just that simple! It's also funny, now that it's been solved.

Cheers & thanks,
Riley

[Andrew]

Always nice to find the answer is something simple (if completely arbitrary).

[Phlawm53]

For anyone who gets this far in the thread, here are the steps that enable you to get un-numbered paragraphs (and nicely aligned ones, too) into a numbered list.

1. Begin a numbered list with two or three items.

2. Place the insertion point at the end of a numbered item that you want to follow with an un-numbered paragraph. Flare highlights the li item in the "show blocks" area at the left side of the editing window.

3. Right-click the li block and choose Make Paragraph Items.

4. Press ENTER.

It's simple once I learned the sequence, but it wasn't immediately obvious what that sequence was…

Cheers & hope this helps,
Riley