I include the HTML tags because anyone, at the senior level, doing WP also does HTML and you can always do nesting effortlessly in HTML!
Understand I wrote the 1st 3 books for the internet & was also SE Region Print Support for IBM, so I have been in WordProcessing since 1985. I started with PC WP in 1985 with WORDSCRIPT, then migrated to WORDPRESS, 1987-1988, then MS Word in 1988, & While at General Dynamics 1985-1992, wrote the IBM GML to SGML translator!
The concept of lists is very different in HTML and ODF.
In HTML, a list is a single-level construct of the form:
<ol>
<li> …</li>
<li>as many "li" as you need</li>
</ol>
or the same with ol replaced by ul.
Basically it is single-level. Multi-level lists are created by writing a full single-level construct in the paylod od one <li>. These nested lists are independent from each other.
In ODF, every list is 10-level by construction. The equivalent element to ol or ul is a list style. You turn a “standard” paragraph into a list item by applying a list style to it. You can even make this systematic by attaching the list style to the paragraph style.
When you want a higher-level item, you press Tab at the very start of the item to promote it to higher level. To demote it to lower level, press Shift+Tab in the same position.
The list counter is entirely managed by the list style. Since the list style is aware of the level change, it generates the correct number without needing user interaction.
Consequently, there is no point in trying to “reset” numbering.
Rest numbering is only necessary when you create another occurrence of a list of the same “type” (a list “type” is characterised by the list style).
Don’t trust Format>Bullet & Numbering (or the equivalent toolbar buttons). This is a feeble compatibility attempt at providing a temporary convenience to M$ Word switchers, not yet aware of the more “polished” features through styles. The menu command is a “one-size-fits-all” service. It uses twisted heuristics to guess where a list begins and where it stops, mainly relying on editing order (then when you edit your document in later sessions, you may get really unexpected and surprising results).
The list style feature is really powerful and versatile, allowing to create formatting impossible to achieve both in HTML and DOCX, like intermixed independent lists. However, it is difficult to use it until you have a clear idea of the ODF list concept/definition. I remind you the key factor: a list is defined by a list style. A list style is nothing more than a tag in some way.
I’m sorry but, from my view, you know absolutely nothing about listing & formatting in “ALL WORD PROCESSORSD” because in MS WORD & previous versions of LO if my 1st level OL is at count #3 and I initiate sub list, whether ol. ul or sl & they are up to 20 levels deep, & I return to the original level the next number is ALWAYS #4 not some new #1 that LO is now doing! This has been in effect with all word processors, since IBM invented SCRIPT, then GML & WORDSCRIPT became the first PC WP, followed by WORD PERFECT, Then MS WORD & now LO, so who in the #$%^*&^&$$^ LO coding world decided to Eliminate the “Continue Previous List” option, thinking no one needs that any longer! It was there before so getit BACK!
Please attach a sample file exhibiting the issue you have. The LO list concept is simple (but different from M$ Word, hence the difficulty) and very sound. You probably extrapolated your routine from some other document processor without taking into account Writer differences.
It is still there! Reread previous posts. You didn’t mention your LO version. Wording for it has changed with+ seris. It is now nonsensical Add to List.
I finally found this problem & fixed it! It turns out it is a Windows problem as Windows makes the mouse way over sensitive & I was working on another document & noticed the “FORMAT PAGE” window had the “LEFT & Right” option selected, which I had never selected, but that over-sensitive mouse in windows had somehow selected. So I clicked on the “Left Only” option & now I’m back to the normal editing one page on the screen. So now this, instead of the previously falsely marked “SOLVED”, is now, actually solved, as I am now back to normal!
Cheers!
TBNK
This was supposed to go into the problem I entered about the editing mode showing page 1 off to the right of the page, & this “Continue Listing” is still a legal Violation as I have older versions of LO on my Linux boxes where the “Continue Previous Numbering” is still there & active, & by law, since Apr 2000, No “UPDATE” can be done without a full list of selectable options presented to the user, so they can select or reject any or all new or eliminated options, where the list of eliminated options mustbe presented first.
Now the new lisintings under “VIEW” are also illegal & violations of the “RESPONSIVE” law of 2014.
Get it legal or loose it all, for all apps, packages & programs must be “LEGAL” or will be totally eliminated from the iNet!
Cheers!
TBNK
Care to provide references?
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@TBotNik Your usage routine of this site is a continuous violation of its rules. It is not a legal violation but at least a break of netiquette. Getting information about AskLO rules is completely free! And it is very easy to abide by.
Care to explain IISC and IRRA?
My job is not erASE YOUR IGNORANCE & IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NOT AN EXCUSE!