+1 on this sentiment. 
Handling nested ordered lists in the numeric-alpha-roman way Dave suggests 
is also my preference, and with each wiki project I stumble across the need 
to reconstruct that css fix (usually at a moment when I really just want to 
focus on the content).
-Springer

On Monday, November 30, 2020 at 9:48:31 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote:

> @Dave I think there is a good case for including in TW a class that 
> handles nested numbered lists better.
>
> On Monday, November 30, 2020 at 3:36:26 PM UTC+1 David Gifford wrote:
>
>> How sad, all these years I thought this was a limitation of TiddlyWiki. I 
>> had no idea there was such an easy fix with CSS. This really needs to be 
>> added to the tiddlywiki.com documentation so people are aware of this. I 
>> will definitely add it to my "documenting TW" file soon. (
>> https://giffmex.org/gifts/documenting.tw.html)
>>
>> Thanks for the help, Saq!
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 8:18 AM Saq Imtiaz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Also of interest might be counters
>>> https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_counters.asp
>>>
>>> On Monday, November 30, 2020 at 3:17:08 PM UTC+1 Saq Imtiaz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dave: I believe all you need for this is the appropriate CSS for nested 
>>>> lists.
>>>> https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_list-style-type.asp
>>>> On Monday, November 30, 2020 at 3:06:59 PM UTC+1 David Gifford wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>
>>>>> To be honest, this is not really a request for my own personal 
>>>>> projects. I tend to prefer unordered lists myself. This is a request 
>>>>> thinking of new users.
>>>>>
>>>>> Second and subsequent levels of numbered lists just repeat the arabic 
>>>>> numerals. 
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.
>>>>>
>>>>>    - 1.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    - 1.
>>>>>    
>>>>> I have a feeling this turns people away from using multiple level 
>>>>> numbered lists in TiddlyWiki. 
>>>>>
>>>>> Would it be possible for someone to create a plugin so that numbered 
>>>>> lists look like this? (no bullets, obviously - the new Google Groups ui 
>>>>> seems to have eliminated indenting as a text formatting option.)
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.
>>>>>
>>>>>    - a.
>>>>>       - i.
>>>>>    
>>>>> Another nice option would be
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.
>>>>>
>>>>>    - 1.1
>>>>>       - 1.1.1
>>>>>       
>>>>> I have no idea if either or both of these are possible. But it would 
>>>>> definitely be a welcome improvement, even as a plugin rather than as a 
>>>>> core 
>>>>> improvement.
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps Saq's Editor-Autolists plugin would be the best candidate to 
>>>>> add this kind of functionality? I wonder if that is something he might 
>>>>> consider pursuing. Or would this be better as its own plugin?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you all for your consideration. Blessings!
>>>>>
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