From 3e45fd898ae84c4d0272307add686d7d2533e07f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lucaronin <luca.rossi.917@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:13:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: limit markdown list highlighting to markers

---
 src/extensions/markdownHighlight.test.ts | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/extensions/markdownHighlight.ts      |  1 -
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/extensions/markdownHighlight.test.ts b/src/extensions/markdownHighlight.test.ts
index c7f9349d..408903ee 100644
--- a/src/extensions/markdownHighlight.test.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/markdownHighlight.test.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,24 @@ function nodeNamesAt(view: EditorView, doc: string, needle: string) {
   return names
 }
 
+function findLines(parent: HTMLDivElement) {
+  return Array.from(parent.querySelectorAll<HTMLDivElement>('.cm-line'))
+}
+
+function expectMarkerOnlyHighlight(
+  line: HTMLDivElement | undefined,
+  expectedText: string,
+  expectedMarker: string,
+  expectedTrailingText: string,
+) {
+  expect(line).toBeDefined()
+  expect(line!.textContent).toBe(expectedText)
+  expect(Array.from(line!.querySelectorAll('span'), (span) => span.textContent)).toEqual([expectedMarker])
+  expect(line!.lastChild).not.toBeNull()
+  expect(line!.lastChild!.nodeType).toBe(Node.TEXT_NODE)
+  expect(line!.lastChild!.textContent).toBe(expectedTrailingText)
+}
+
 describe('markdownLanguage', () => {
   it('returns a valid extension', () => {
     const ext = markdownLanguage()
@@ -89,4 +107,26 @@ describe('markdownLanguage', () => {
     view.destroy()
     parent.remove()
   })
+
+  it('styles only list markers while leaving list item text as plain content', async () => {
+    const doc = [
+      '- item one',
+      '  - nested item',
+      '1. ordered item',
+    ].join('\n')
+    const { view, parent } = createView(doc)
+
+    forceParsing(view, view.state.doc.length)
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+
+    const lines = findLines(parent)
+    expect(lines).toHaveLength(3)
+
+    expectMarkerOnlyHighlight(lines[0], '- item one', '-', ' item one')
+    expectMarkerOnlyHighlight(lines[1], '  - nested item', '-', ' nested item')
+    expectMarkerOnlyHighlight(lines[2], '1. ordered item', '1.', ' ordered item')
+
+    view.destroy()
+    parent.remove()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/extensions/markdownHighlight.ts b/src/extensions/markdownHighlight.ts
index bd096c55..a1da8d5e 100644
--- a/src/extensions/markdownHighlight.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/markdownHighlight.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ const markdownHighlightStyle = HighlightStyle.define([
   { tag: tags.link, color: '#0969da', textDecoration: 'underline' },
   { tag: tags.url, color: '#0969da' },
   { tag: tags.monospace, color: '#c9383e', backgroundColor: 'rgba(175,184,193,0.15)', borderRadius: '3px' },
-  { tag: tags.list, color: '#c9383e' },
   { tag: tags.quote, color: '#636c76', fontStyle: 'italic' },
   { tag: tags.separator, color: '#636c76' },
   { tag: tags.processingInstruction, color: '#c9383e', fontWeight: '600' },