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Summary

Fixes #3189. tryParseMarkdownToBlocks no longer throws when a numbered or check list item starts with a <details> tag. Markdown export now escapes HTML-like text, so a list item whose text is <details> loads back with that text.

Rationale

getListItemContent flattens the first parsed block into the list item and keeps the rest as children. It cut only the first block's content node out of the parsed blockGroup. When that block had children, like a parsed <details> toggle, the cut landed inside its blockContainer. The leftover container had a blockGroup but no block content, so parsing threw blockContainer must start with a block content node.

The crash also hid a round-trip loss. Markdown export wrote text like <details> unescaped, so the parser read it back as HTML and dropped the text.

Changes

  • Cut after the whole first blockContainer, not only its content node.
  • Move the first block's own children, if any, to the front of the list item's children, so a <details> body stays nested under the list item.
  • In Markdown export, escape < in text where it would start an HTML tag, comment or autolink, so <details> exports as \<details>. Backslashes right before an escaped < are doubled, so text like \<details> also loads back unchanged. A < before a space or digit, as in 1 < 2, stays unescaped. Code spans and code blocks are unchanged.
  • Accept \< as a backslash escape in the Markdown parser, as CommonMark does.

Impact

List items whose first block has no children parse the same as before, since the two cut positions match in that case. A list item starting with <details> now becomes a list item with the summary as its text and the details body as its children. Exported Markdown changes only for text with < before a letter, /, ! or ?. No existing export snapshot changed.

Testing

  • Added Markdown parse tests for 1. <details>, - [ ] <details>, and a numbered item holding a full <details> with a summary and body.
  • Added Markdown export-to-parse round-trip tests for a numbered list item whose text is <details>, for a paragraph with tag-like text, an HTML comment and 1 < 2, and for a paragraph with backslashes before tag-like text. All three snapshots keep the original text.
  • All 6 new tests fail on main and pass with this change.
  • All format conversion tests (700) and @blocknote/core unit tests (1,095) pass.
  • pnpm lint reports the same output as on main.

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  • Code follows the project's coding standards.
  • Unit tests covering the new feature have been added.
  • All existing tests pass.
  • The documentation has been updated to reflect the new feature. Not needed for this fix.

Additional Notes

Export still doesn't escape other Markdown syntax in text. For example, literal *asterisks* still come back as italics in the markdown/specialCharEscaping round-trip snapshot. This PR only covers <.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved Markdown parsing and round-trip handling for list items beginning with <details>, including numbered lists and checklists. Nested content is now retained within the list item.
    • Improved handling of HTML-like text during Markdown export, including text with comments, backslashes, and Windows-style paths. Escaped pipes are also parsed as literal pipes.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for <details> list items and round-tripping HTML-like text and backslashes.

When a list item's first block had children, like a parsed <details>
toggle, the list item content split inside that block. The leftover
block had children but no content, so parsing threw. Split after the
whole first block and keep its children nested under the list item.

Fixes TypeCellOS#3189
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Markdown export and parsing handle selected HTML-like text and escaped pipes. List-item parsing retains additional children in the first block container. New fixtures cover list items that begin with <details> and Markdown round trips involving HTML-like text.

Changes: Markdown conversion and list parsing

Layer / File(s) Summary
List-item content extraction
packages/core/src/blocks/ListItem/getListItemContent.ts, tests/src/unit/core/formatConversion/parse/parseTestInstances.ts
List-item parsing checks the first block container and its first child. It retains additional children in that container before subsequent block-group content. Parse fixtures cover numbered and unchecked checklist items beginning with <details>, including a numbered item with summary and body content.
Markdown text escaping
packages/core/src/api/exporters/markdown/htmlToMarkdown.ts, packages/core/src/api/parsers/markdown/markdownToHtml.ts, tests/src/unit/core/formatConversion/exportParseEquality/exportParseEqualityTestInstances.ts
Markdown export escapes < when followed by a letter, /, !, or ?, and doubles preceding backslashes. Markdown parsing recognizes escaped `

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The list-item and Markdown round-trip changes are mergeable after normal checks.

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Linked Issues check Passed Issue [#3189] requires numbered and check-list items that start with &lt;details&gt; to parse without throwing. The list-item change cuts after the complete first blockContainer and preserves its …
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The list-item change fixes the malformed structure reported by [#3189]. The Markdown export, parser, and test changes support the issue requirement that Markdown emitted by blocksToMarkdownLossy loa…
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&lt;details&gt; stays text, not a door.
Backslashes double where they meet,
Escaped pipes return complete.
Round trips hop from end to start,
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Review comments at @packages/core/src/blocks/ListItem/getListItemContent.ts:
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Comment thread packages/core/src/blocks/ListItem/getListItemContent.ts
Markdown export wrote text like <details> as is, so loading the file
back read it as HTML and dropped the text. Escape < where it would
start a tag, comment or autolink, and accept \< in the parser.

Refs TypeCellOS#3189

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Comment thread packages/core/src/api/exporters/markdown/htmlToMarkdown.ts Outdated
Text like \<details> exported as \\<details>, which the parser reads as
a literal backslash followed by raw HTML, so the text was lost. Double
the backslashes right before an escaped < so they load back unchanged.

Refs TypeCellOS#3189

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