List Block: Create a list item when users insert a hyphen

[scruffian]

What problem does this address?

When users want to create list items they can do so by typing - followed by . Some users don't know that they have to add a space after the -.

What is your proposed solution?

Why not create a list item as soon as as user enters a -? Are there any scenarios in which a user would want a - at the start of their content where it wasn't followed by a space?

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[t-hamano]

My guess is that it follows the rules that require a space between the hyphen and the text in order to represent a list in Markdown.

The Classic Editor also requires a space to convert to a list.

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[ellatrix]

Why not create a list item as soon as as user enters a -?

Because that would cause more false positives. On the other hand, I'm not sure when you would want a hyphen (or asterisk) at the start of a paragraph. We could try it, and revert if there's too many complaints.

[ellatrix]

Btw, a similar comment was made about the --- shortcut, by @jarekmorawski