# A mix of numbered and bullet list is possible in bear

**URL:** <https://community.bear.app/t/a-mix-of-numbered-and-bullet-list-is-possible-in-bear/13176>\
**Category:** Bear feedback\
**Created:** [June 24, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-mix-of-numbered-and-bullet-list-is-possible-in-bear/13176 "2024-06-24T17:47:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![krssno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/krssno/32/1338_2.png) [@krssno](https://community.bear.app/u/krssno)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-mix-of-numbered-and-bullet-list-is-possible-in-bear/13176/1 "2024-06-24T17:47:40Z")

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As far as I know due to common mark specs a list either has to be completely numbered or must consist of bullets. While playing around with deckset app I discovered that bear actually can display mixed list.

When you copy such a text …

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2024-06-24 um 19.12.32](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/a/a59939da17994a4b68129f0ba90a31ad4cbeb79d.jpeg)

… into bear, you will get that result:

![Bildschirmfoto 2024-06-24 um 19.13.36](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/9/99f33f5f157e80375deed80c62747c2be959fdb9.jpeg)

You would have to ask what other result. That fulfils my expectation.

But with a little fiddling you even can write such mixed lists in bear as you can see in the video:

[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/5/579cf65e5e58a84d2603161303e6fa52a29e34f3.jpeg "Bildschirmaufnahme 2024 06 24 um 19 29 04") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39X-zj7rbA0)

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Now the question: If bear can read, display and write such mixed lists, is there any reason not to make it easier for the user to write them? When I create a bullet after a number the number could be deleted automatically. I definitely would use such mixed lists.

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**Author:** ![rexikan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/rexikan/32/4117_2.png) [@rexikan](https://community.bear.app/u/rexikan)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 9:20am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-mix-of-numbered-and-bullet-list-is-possible-in-bear/13176/2 "2024-06-25T09:20:52Z")

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> [@krssno](#):
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> When I create a bullet after a number the number could be deleted automatically.

That is something we could do, but I don’t think it is very hard to write mixed lists as it is. Just press backspace before writing the bullet. Or use Cmd+L to change the list type.

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**Author:** ![krssno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/krssno/32/1338_2.png) [@krssno](https://community.bear.app/u/krssno)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/a-mix-of-numbered-and-bullet-list-is-possible-in-bear/13176/3 "2024-06-25T19:32:36Z")

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> [@rexikan](#):
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> Just press backspace before writing the bullet.

That indeed works. I believed the way I showed in the video is the only one and that it produces unwanted behaviour. For me my request is fully satisfied. I just ask myself how it was possible for me to find out that complicated method and to overlook the much easier one 😆

Thanks for the hint!