I'm not sure whether this a bug or what, but it struck me as odd so I thought I'd mention it.
In various forums I've occasionally wanted to format lists with space between each item, so they would be easy to read. I was generally able to accomplish this with code like the following:
[CODE]
[LIST=1]
[*]This is item number one.
[*]This is item number two.
[*]This is item number three.
[/LIST]
[/CODE]
When I try doing this with XenForo, however, the blank line immediately preceding the item tag gets deleted, so that the results are the same as if I hadn't added the spaces:
- This is item number one.
- This is item number two.
- This is item number three.
It is possible to achieve the desired effect by entering twoblank lines rather than just one before each item tag. One of the blank lines gets deleted, leaving the other to separate the items as desired, like so:
- This is item number one.
- This is item number two.
- This is item number three.
This makes for a good workaround, until the author decides to go back and edit the post. Then, since there is now only one blank line before each item tag, editing and saving will remove the spacing. So each time the author edits the post, he must also go back and adjust the spacing of the list items to restore the deleted lines, which is inconvenient.
I dunno, perhaps I'm expecting BBcode to do something that it wasn't intended to do in the first place. But it seems odd that only one blank line before each item tag is deleted; this makes me thing it's a bug of some sort.
If possible, it would be nice if these lines didn't get deleted. That would give folks a bit more control over the formatting of their posts.
