This is still an issue and I really needed this so I wrote something that overwrites the list commands. Works pretty well i think although i'm sure i can improve on it since its a little bit of a hack. :)
So .. we all know for most users, BR is going to be the preferred break element as it's a lot more intuitive for users that don't know HTML standards .. and I DO think it should be implemented or at least an option do have this behavior. Let me know if this ever does :) With that said, you can use this .. works ok for me.
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function CuteEditor_OnCommand(editor,command,ui,value)
{
if (command=="InsertUnorderedList"){
var selectedText = getSelectedHTML(editor);
if (selectedText!=""){
editor.PasteHTML("<ul><li>"+selectedText+"</li></ul>");
} else{
//create some temp text
var tempTEXT="‰";
//lets insert some temp text where our cursor is
editor.PasteHTML(tempTEXT);
//put our new html into a var and define some other vars
var editorText=editor.getHTML();
var editorTextToBR="";
var startOfText="";
var endOfText="";
//get the index of the pasted text and use that to where we are entering the bullet
var cursorPos=editorText.indexOf(tempTEXT, 0);
//Lets find the index of the next breaking character BR/P/DIV in that order
var nextBRPos=getNextBRPos(editorText,cursorPos);
//lets define the start of the text, start of the text to the temp char
startOfText=editorText.substring(0,cursorPos);
//lets define whats going onto the bullet
editorTextToBR=editorText.substring(cursorPos,nextBRPos).replace(tempTEXT,"");
//lets define the rest of the document text starting from after the bullet text
endOfText=editorText.substring(nextBRPos,editorText.length);
//lets now put all 3 components together and set our text
editor.setHTML(startOfText+"<ul><li>"+editorTextToBR+"</li></ul>"+endOfText);
}
return true;
} else if (command=="InsertOrderedList"){
var selectedText = getSelectedHTML(editor);
if (selectedText!=""){
editor.PasteHTML("<ol><li>"+selectedText+"</li></ol>");
} else{
//create some temp text
var tempTEXT="‰";
//lets insert some temp text where our cursor is
editor.PasteHTML(tempTEXT);
//put our new html into a var and define some other vars
var editorText=editor.getHTML();
var editorTextToBR="";
var startOfText="";
var endOfText="";
//get the index of the pasted text and use that to where we are entering the bullet
var cursorPos=editorText.indexOf(tempTEXT, 0);
//Lets find the index of the next breaking character BR/P/DIV in that order
var nextBRPos=getNextBRPos(editorText,cursorPos);
//lets define the start of the text, start of the text to the temp char
startOfText=editorText.substring(0,cursorPos);
//lets define whats going onto the bullet
editorTextToBR=editorText.substring(cursorPos,nextBRPos).replace(tempTEXT,"");
//lets define the rest of the document text starting from after the bullet text
endOfText=editorText.substring(nextBRPos,editorText.length);
//lets now put all 3 components together and set our text
editor.setHTML(startOfText+"<ol><li>"+editorTextToBR+"</li></ol>"+endOfText);
}
return true;
}
}
function getNextBRPos(myText,startingAtPos){
//lets find the index of the next paragraph
//break whatever it is
//and return it's position
var posBR = myText.indexOf("<br />", startingAtPos); //get the index of the next BR
var posP = myText.indexOf("</p>", startingAtPos); //get the index of the next P
var posDIV = myText.indexOf("</div>", startingAtPos); //get the index of the next DIV
if (posBR>0){return posBR;}
else if(posP>0){return posP;}
else if(posDIV>0){return posDIV;}
else{return myText.length;}
}
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