List separation #563

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claunia · 2026-01-29T14:39:48Z

claunia commented

2026-01-29 14:39:48 +00:00

Originally created by @pm64 on GitHub (Sep 20, 2022).

I'm likely just misunderstanding the syntax -- but if Markdown text contains lists separated by a blank line, should they not be rendered as separate lists in the HTML? Using the following Markdown, for example:

- List 1, item 1
- List 1, item 2

- List 2, item 1
- List 2, item 2

And rendering as follows:

MarkdownPipeline pipeline = new MarkdownPipelineBuilder()
		.UseAdvancedExtensions()
		.Build();

var md = @"- List 1, item 1
- List 1, item 2

- List 2, item 1
- List 2, item 2";

var html = Markdown.ToHtml(md, pipeline);

Result:

<ul>
<li><p>List 1, item 1</p>
</li>
<li><p>List 1, item 2</p>
</li>
<li><p>List 2, item 1</p>
</li>
<li><p>List 2, item 2</p>
</li>
</ul>

(Expected result:)

<ul>
<li><p>List 1, item 1</p>
</li>
<li><p>List 1, item 2</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><p>List 2, item 1</p>
</li>
<li><p>List 2, item 2</p>
</li>
</ul>

Originally created by @pm64 on GitHub (Sep 20, 2022). I'm likely just misunderstanding the syntax -- but if Markdown text contains lists separated by a blank line, should they not be rendered as separate lists in the HTML? Using the following Markdown, for example: ``` - List 1, item 1 - List 1, item 2 - List 2, item 1 - List 2, item 2 ``` And rendering as follows: ``` MarkdownPipeline pipeline = new MarkdownPipelineBuilder() .UseAdvancedExtensions() .Build(); var md = @"- List 1, item 1 - List 1, item 2 - List 2, item 1 - List 2, item 2"; var html = Markdown.ToHtml(md, pipeline); ``` Result: ``` <ul> <li>List 1, item 1 </li> <li>List 1, item 2 </li> <li>List 2, item 1 </li> <li>List 2, item 2 </li> </ul> ``` (Expected result:) ``` <ul> <li>List 1, item 1 </li> <li>List 1, item 2 </li> </ul> <ul> <li>List 2, item 1 </li> <li>List 2, item 2 </li> </ul> ```

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2026-01-29 14:39:49 +00:00

claunia commented

2026-01-29 14:39:50 +00:00

@xoofx commented on GitHub (Sep 20, 2022):

It is expected and part of the CommonMark spec here

@xoofx commented on GitHub (Sep 20, 2022): It is expected and part of the CommonMark spec [here](https://spec.commonmark.org/0.30/#example-306)

claunia referenced this issue

2026-01-29 14:50:28 +00:00

[PR #627] [MERGED] Update commonmark spec 0.30 #1150

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