Is it Possible to Create Inline List Styles?

[WindAndFlame]

Hello!

I would like to create a list that looks like:

1.) Item 1; 2.) Item 2.1 is weird …; 3.) item 3 is not formatted correctly.; 4.) this is the last item.

List Numbers = “Number Period Parenthesis Space”.
Next List Item = “Semicolon Space Space”.
Last List Item = “” … or optionally “Line Break”.

I understand that I would not be able to hit “Enter” necessarily before each item, (but it would help), and that I would have to click the “list button” each time I wanted to add a new entry.

I would like to have a style defined this way, so I can use throughout documents, and update with a click.

EDIT: Being desperate here: /IF/ this feature is not supported, as a Developer, can I make the assumption that there is a “template fragment” for custom lists defined /somewhere/ within the document source itself. Could I search for and manually edit the template fragment … Is the name of the list, and the “\r\n” character (line break character) embedded in this fragment, and I can simply remove it? Or, does Libre Writer auto-magically infer that each list should have a line break, and add its own? For example, in CSS you could modify list items with something like display-inline …

Thank you for your help!

[ROSt53]

You only can define what is behind the last number of each outline level but not what is between the numbers.

Example
1.)
1.1.}
1.1.1]
1.1.1.1))

You cannot change the character between two number on an outline level by outline level base.

To do what is possible: Tools > Outline > Numbering Tab
For each outline level you need select the

• Number
• Character Style
• Show sublevel
• Separator> Before
• Separator After ← here you can enter the characters you want behind the last number of each outline level

If this feature is very important for you, you file and enhancement request at: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/?enhancement=yes

[WindAndFlame]

Thank you for the reply. I am familiar with this tool … But, unfortunately, I really need to implement this somehow … I will update my original question to ask for hacks!

[ROSt53]

@WindAndFlame - Good Luck!!! Luckily you are an expert. Maybe you could publish your results here in the case that someone else has the same needs.

[oweng]

As @ROSt53 has indicated it is not possible to currently create in-line / run-in lists using list styles or list-related direct formatting options. Generally this type of list is ordered (each item uses an alphanumeric identifier) rather than unordered (where each item uses a bullet or shape identifier). There is no workaround that I am aware of.

List styles can only be associated with paragraph styles and what is essentially being requested is to associate a list style with a character style. Exactly how this would work using direct formatting (existing toolbar buttons or the Format > Bullets and Numbering… menu) is unclear. ODF v1.2, 5.3.4 states:

The <text:list-item> element has the
following child elements: <text:h>
5.1.2, <text:list> 5.3.1, <text:number> 6.1.10, <text:p>
5.1.3 and <text:soft-page-break> 5.6.

In simple terms, a list item can be a heading, sub-list, or paragraph, and the form of a list item in the XML is generally a paragraph, whether using direct formatting:

 <text:list-item>
      <text:p text:style-name="P2">Item 1</text:p>
 </text:list-item>

… or a list style associated with a paragraph style:

 <text:list-item>
      <text:p text:style-name="List_20_1">Item 1</text:p>
 </text:list-item>

Instead, what is likely required, is some sort of use of the <text:span> (i.e., character style) element, e.g.,

 <text:list-item>
      <text:span text:style-name="List_20_1">Item 1</text:span>
 </text:list-item>

Enhancement request fdo#82433 appears to have been raised as a result of this question.

[WindAndFlame]

I appreciate your consideration and thoroughness. I checked out ODF 1.2, and I hope that text:span can be a child of text:p–in a list… Nevertheless, now I wonder if there are inline /paragraph/ styles. *cough … I did try this, and it appears that the “Text Flow” allows one to ADD breaks, not OMIT breaks. Line Spacing doesn’t appear to allow for “-1” either. Thank you again!

[jonkulp]

Not exactly a solution, but a workaround that I have found for creating my multiple choice tests with answers going left-to-right is to use columns. Create a numbered list with, say, 4 items, format it as 4 columns. It displays correctly and also makes it possible for you to press the ENTER button to go to the next slot over. Again, not a solution but works marginally well.