{"id":178,"date":"2014-05-29T09:20:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T03:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/?p=178"},"modified":"2022-10-31T21:31:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T02:31:03","slug":"tiny-mce-nested-list-li","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/tiny-mce-nested-list-li\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny MCE &#8211; Nested List (li) elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I use the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/tinymce-advanced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"100\">Tiny MCE Advanced<\/a> plugin in WordPress to give me a few more options when editing posts. &nbsp;But when I have a list, I often times want to nest and have sub bullets. &nbsp;So I press the <strong>Tab<\/strong> key much like I&#8217;d do in any other word processing document, but no luck. &nbsp;That just moves the focus to the next HTML element like the web browser should do. &nbsp;But it is possible to nest lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The solution:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Begin your list by clicking the&nbsp;<strong>Bulleted List<\/strong> or&nbsp;<strong>Numbered List<\/strong> icons.<br>\n<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.57.52-PM.png\" data-lasso-id=\"101\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-DLJlENzT\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.57.52-PM-e1401160734777-500x111.png\" alt=\"Create numbered lists using the Tiny MCE Advanced plugin for WordPress.\" class=\"wp-image-183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.57.52-PM-e1401160734777-500x111.png 500w, https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.57.52-PM-e1401160734777-150x33.png 150w, https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.57.52-PM-e1401160734777-600x133.png 600w, https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.57.52-PM-e1401160734777.png 662w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The numbered list button in the Tiny MCE Advanced toolbar.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.50.55-PM.png\" data-lasso-id=\"102\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-DLJlENzT\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.50.55-PM-e1401160664577-500x122.png\" alt=\"Create bulleted lists using the Tiny MCE Advanced plugin for WordPress.\" class=\"wp-image-184\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The Bulleted List icon in the Tiny MCE Advanced toolbar.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\"><li>Type your first line.<\/li><li>Press <strong>Enter<\/strong> to create a second line<\/li><li>To nest (indent) this line, click the\u00a0<strong>Increase Indent<\/strong> button.<ol><li>It&#8217;ll look something like this.<\/li><li>Then press <strong>Enter<\/strong> to create another line.<\/li><li>To go back to the main level, use the\u00a0<strong>Decrease Indent<\/strong> button or press the\u00a0<strong>Enter<\/strong> key a second time.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.58.42-PM.png\" data-lasso-id=\"103\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-DLJlENzT\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.58.42-PM-e1401160218711-500x189.png\" alt=\"Use the decrease indent button to move a bullet point nesting level to the left\" class=\"wp-image-182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.58.42-PM-e1401160218711-500x189.png 500w, https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.58.42-PM-e1401160218711-150x57.png 150w, https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.58.42-PM-e1401160218711-600x227.png 600w, https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-9.58.42-PM-e1401160218711.png 655w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The decrease indent button in Tiny MCE Advanced moves the bullet point nesting back out to the left.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\"><li>It&#8217;ll look something like this.<\/li><li>Bonus Points:<ul><li>You can change the numbering style of the nested lines by clicking\u00a0the\u00a0arrow to the right of the\u00a0<strong>Bulleted List<\/strong> or\u00a0<strong>Numbered List<\/strong> icons.<\/li><li>Use the\u00a0<strong>Increase Indent<\/strong> button to go even deeper in.<ul><li>and further yet&#8230;<br>Pressing\u00a0<strong>Shift + Enter<\/strong> allows you to create a new line without creating a bullet \/ number for that line.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Bullet lists in the Tiny MCE editor work the same way.  Different bullet shapes are available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-10.04.51-PM.png\" data-lasso-id=\"104\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-DLJlENzT\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-10.04.51-PM-e1401160044203-500x265.png\" alt=\"Bullet shape options in Tiny MCE Advanced\" class=\"wp-image-180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-10.04.51-PM-e1401160044203-500x265.png 500w, https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-10.04.51-PM-e1401160044203-150x80.png 150w, https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-10.04.51-PM-e1401160044203.png 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tiny MCE Advanced offers several bullet shapes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-10.00.51-PM.png\" data-lasso-id=\"105\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-DLJlENzT\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-10.00.51-PM-e1401160123893-500x248.png\" alt=\"Numbered list style options in Tiny MCE Advanced\" class=\"wp-image-181\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tiny MCE Advanced offers several numbered list options for the line indicator.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I use the Tiny MCE Advanced plugin in WordPress to give me a few more options when editing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-website-development","category-wordpress-development"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2014-05-26-at-10.00.51-PM-e1401160123893.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4BbcR-2S","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2864,"href":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/2864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promincproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}