How can you change default indent in RH2019?

Like Peter Grainge wrote, it is about the left padding of the list. You can change that by going into your CSS and then adjust the values with the visual CSS editor:

or by tweaking the CSS in the source code editor:

ul {
  margin-top: 0px;
  margin-bottom: 0px;
  padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;
}
ol {
  margin-top: 0px;
  margin-bottom: 0px;
  padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;
}

In my CSS, 15px for padding-left aligns it perfectly with the paragraphs before/after the list.

Regarding the construction of multiple paragraphs as child elements of one list item element: Yes, the approach Ioana_St suggested is the way to go. From an information architecture point of view, this is the cleanest approach, as it clearly separates PCDATA (text + inline elements (like strong or em) from and block-level elements (like <li> and <p>):

<ol>
  <li>
    <p>List item one (created with default bullet style)
  </li>
  <li>
    <p>List item two</p>
    <p>Paragraph after list item two (created by removing bullet and using indent)</p>
  </li>
  <li>
    <p>List item three</p>
  </li>
  <li>
    <p>List item four</p>
  </li>
</ol>

Also, in this construction, you do not need to think about the left indent of the paragraphs within one list item at all, as all paragraphs will have the correct indent automatically. It will then look like this:

1. List item one (created with default bullet style)

2. List item two

   Paragraph after list item two (created by removing the bullet and using indent)

3. List item three

4. List item four

This is also nicer when it comes to nested lists and makes them better readable and more "stable":

<ol>
  <li>
    <p>List Item 1 (Level 1)</p>
    <ol>
      <li>
        <p>List Item 1 (Level 2)</p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p>List Item 2 (Level 2)</p>
      </li>
    </ol>
  </li>
  <li>
    <p>List Item 2 (Level 1)</p>
  </li>
</ol>

Let us know if it works for you.

Open the CSS in a text editor and find the OL and UL styles.

Add a margin left definition where nn is the number you want.

ol,{

    margin-left: nnpx;  

}

The adding a paragraph style as Ioana has suggested, also the method I have used in the past, will also work and has the advantage it also ensures the font is whatever you want. Without that the user will get the default font defined for their browser which might not be what you want them to see. The correct method would be to add the font definition to the OL and UL definitions as well.

This can also be done using RoboHelp's inbullt CSS editor.

See www.grainge.org for free RoboHelp and Authoring information.

@petergrainge

As far as I know, you can't change the behavior of the button.

We edit the HTML manually to get the structure you describe - basically, we make "List item two" and "Paragraph after list item two" part of the same list item.

Initially, we add numbering to the paragraph as well, so the list looks like this (the paragraph is step 3):

<ol>

<li><p>List item one</p></li>

<li><p>List item two</p></li>

<li><p>Paragraph after list item two</p></li>

</ol>

Then we merge the last two lines, by deleting the tags in red, so you get this HTML - two paragraphs inside the same list item:

<ol>

<li><p>List item one</p></li>

<li><p>List item two</p>

<p>Paragraph after list item two</p></li>

</ol>

For this to work, you need those <p> tags on each row. This means that, after you insert a list, you need to add the Normal style to all the items (from the Author view).

But of course, this means that you need to mess with the HTML, which may not be something you want to do. Maybe someone knows of a solution for the visual editor as well.