# More Lists

Give ordered lists their own numbering style in Obsidian. Add a style directive to the first item of each list, including nested lists. More Lists renders the result in Reading view and Live Preview while keeping your note as plain Markdown.

```md
1. {A} First topic
   1. {i} First point
      1. {01} A detail
      2. Another detail
   2. Second point
2. Second topic
```

This displays as A/B for the top level, i/ii for the child list, and 01/02 for the grandchild list.

## Styles

| Directive | Numbering |
| --- | --- |
| `{A}` / `{a}` | Uppercase / lowercase letters |
| `{I}` / `{i}` | Uppercase / lowercase Roman numerals |
| `{01}` | Decimal with a leading zero |
| `{1}` | Decimal |

Any named [CSS `list-style-type`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/list-style-type) also works, such as `{lower-greek}` or `{japanese-informal}`. The directive must be at the start of the first item's text. Each nested list can set its own style; lists without a directive keep their usual appearance.

Only the first item controls the list's style. Directives on later items remain visible text. In Live Preview, move the cursor onto a list line to edit its original Markdown. To show a directive literally, put it in an inline code span: ``1. `{A}` stays literal``.

## Install

Once More Lists is available in Obsidian's Community Plugins directory, open **Settings → Community plugins**, search for **More Lists**, then install and enable it.

For manual installation, download `main.js`, `manifest.json`, and `styles.css` from the [latest GitHub release](https://github.com/dorian-zh/More-Lists/releases/latest). Put all three in `<vault>/.obsidian/plugins/more-lists/`, reload Obsidian, and enable the plugin in Community plugins.

If you installed an earlier `ordered-list-style` build, disable it and remove its plugin folder before enabling More Lists.

## Compatibility

Verified in Obsidian Desktop 1.13.7 on Windows. Mobile and third-party themes have not been tested. The plugin has no bundled runtime dependencies, network requests, or vault scans.

## Development

Requires Node.js 22.15+ and npm.

```sh
npm ci
npm run check
npm run test:browser
npm run package
```

`npm run package` creates the release files in `dist/more-lists/` and a ZIP for manual installation. Generated files and dependencies are ignored by Git.

## Acknowledgment

The inline directive idea comes from [erykwalder/obsidian-list-style](https://github.com/erykwalder/obsidian-list-style), whose last release was in 2022. More Lists is a new implementation for current Obsidian and does not copy that plugin's source.

MIT © 2026 [dorian-zh](https://github.com/dorian-zh). See [LICENSE](LICENSE).