MediaWiki+FCKeditor doesn't play nicely with HTML lists

[Tom Lamano]

MediaWiki+FCKeditor doesn't play nicely with HTML lists. See the following HTML list, where each level of the list uses a different list-style-type:

<ol>

<li>First level, first item</li>

<li>First level, second item

<ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha">

<li>Second level, first item</li>

<li>Second level, second item</li>

</ol>

<li>First level, third item</li>

</ol>

If MediaWiki+FCKeditor gets its hands on this list, it turns it into the following:

#First level, first item

#First level, second item

##Second level, first item

##Second level, second item

#First level, third item

By converting it into a MediaWiki list, the list-style-type of the second level is lost, so they're all numbers instead of numbers at the top level and letters at the next.

It would be preferable if MediaWiki+FCKeditor would refrain from converting HTML lists to MediaWiki if the HTML lists have styles which will get lost.

[Wojciech Olchawa]

Hi! The problem is that the the wiki sytax doesn't allow letters in the lists so it is impossible to create this kind of list e.g.

1. Lists
   1. bulleted lists
   2. numbered lists

So we unfortunately we can't fix this problem due to wiki syntax limitations which we want FCKeditor to be fully compatible with.

View ​http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing to see the list of available lists :)

[Tom Lamano]

I do understand that Wiki syntax doesn't support letters in lists, but MediaWiki does support the use of HTML lists when desired. See ​http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:List which describes the use of HTML lists in MediaWiki.

FCKeditor should not break HTML lists when it encounters them, because according to MediaWiki's own documentation, they are supposed to be supported. It should not attempt to convert HTML lists to Wiki syntax when doing so would lose information.

[Wojciech Olchawa]

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

My mistake obviously.

Thanks for your information and for investigating this problem.

Confirmed in IE and FF2.

[pmck]

Wondering if there has been any movement on this issue? I really want to use the Editor but without the ability to break up lists using HTML, I won't be able to use it at all. We are using our wiki for step-by-step documentation that includes screen shots in between numbering and I've just encountered this problem. It has put my wiki production at a standstill! The only solution I can think of in the short term is to completely disable the editor and stop using it.

[Krzysztof Studnik]

MediaWiki and FCKeditor are no longer supported. Closing the ticket