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18 changes: 9 additions & 9 deletions packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/__snapshots__/basic/document.xml
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Expand Up @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
<w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/>
<w:numPr>
<w:ilvl w:val="1"/>
<w:numId w:val="2"/>
<w:numId w:val="3"/>
</w:numPr>
</w:pPr>
<w:r>
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<w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/>
<w:numPr>
<w:ilvl w:val="1"/>
<w:numId w:val="2"/>
<w:numId w:val="3"/>
</w:numPr>
<w:jc w:val="right"/>
</w:pPr>
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<w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/>
<w:numPr>
<w:ilvl w:val="1"/>
<w:numId w:val="3"/>
<w:numId w:val="4"/>
</w:numPr>
</w:pPr>
<w:r>
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<w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/>
<w:numPr>
<w:ilvl w:val="1"/>
<w:numId w:val="3"/>
<w:numId w:val="4"/>
</w:numPr>
</w:pPr>
<w:r>
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<w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/>
<w:numPr>
<w:ilvl w:val="2"/>
<w:numId w:val="3"/>
<w:numId w:val="5"/>
</w:numPr>
</w:pPr>
<w:r>
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<w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/>
<w:numPr>
<w:ilvl w:val="2"/>
<w:numId w:val="3"/>
<w:numId w:val="5"/>
</w:numPr>
</w:pPr>
<w:r>
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<w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/>
<w:numPr>
<w:ilvl w:val="2"/>
<w:numId w:val="3"/>
<w:numId w:val="5"/>
</w:numPr>
<w:shd w:fill="fbe4e4" w:val="clear"/>
<w:jc w:val="right"/>
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<w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/>
<w:numPr>
<w:ilvl w:val="2"/>
<w:numId w:val="3"/>
<w:numId w:val="5"/>
</w:numPr>
<w:shd w:fill="fbe4e4" w:val="clear"/>
<w:jc w:val="center"/>
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<w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/>
<w:numPr>
<w:ilvl w:val="0"/>
<w:numId w:val="3"/>
<w:numId w:val="6"/>
</w:numPr>
</w:pPr>
<w:r>
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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/defaultSchema/blocks.ts
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Expand Up @@ -126,23 +126,27 @@ export const docxBlockMappingForDefaultSchema: BlockMapping<
],
});
},
numberedListItem: (block, exporter, nestingLevel) => {
numberedListItem: (block, exporter, nestingLevel, numberingInstance) => {
return new Paragraph({
...blockPropsToStyles(block.props, exporter.options.colors),
children: exporter.transformInlineContent(block.content),
numbering: {
reference: "blocknote-numbered-list",
level: clampListLevel(nestingLevel),
// Each distinct list gets its own instance so separate lists don't
// continue each other's numbering (see DOCXExporter.transformBlocks).
instance: numberingInstance,
},
});
},
bulletListItem: (block, exporter, nestingLevel) => {
bulletListItem: (block, exporter, nestingLevel, numberingInstance) => {
return new Paragraph({
...blockPropsToStyles(block.props, exporter.options.colors),
children: exporter.transformInlineContent(block.content),
numbering: {
reference: "blocknote-bullet-list",
level: clampListLevel(nestingLevel),
instance: numberingInstance,
},
});
},
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76 changes: 76 additions & 0 deletions packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/docxExporter.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -281,6 +281,82 @@ describe("exporter", () => {
},
);

it(
"should give each list its own numbering instance",
{ timeout: 10000 },
async () => {
const schema = BlockNoteSchema.create({
blockSpecs: { ...defaultBlockSpecs },
});

// Two separate numbered lists split by a paragraph, then a bullet list.
// Each is a distinct list and must not continue the previous one, so each
// needs its own `w:numId`. A nested item stays part of its parent list.
const blocks: PartialBlock<
typeof schema.blockSchema,
typeof schema.inlineContentSchema,
typeof schema.styleSchema
>[] = [
{
type: "numberedListItem",
content: "list one item one",
children: [{ type: "numberedListItem", content: "nested" }],
},
{ type: "numberedListItem", content: "list one item two" },
{ type: "paragraph", content: "a paragraph breaks the list" },
{ type: "numberedListItem", content: "list two item one" },
{ type: "numberedListItem", content: "list two item two" },
{ type: "bulletListItem", content: "a bullet list" },
];

const exporter = new DOCXExporter(schema, docxDefaultSchemaMappings, {
resolveFileUrl: testResolveFileUrl,
});

const doc = await exporter.toDocxJsDocument(
partialBlocksToBlocksForTesting(schema, blocks),
{ sectionOptions: {}, documentOptions: {}, locale: "en-US" },
);

const documentXml = await getZIPEntryContent(
await new ZipReader(
new BlobReader(await Packer.toBlob(doc)),
).getEntries(),
"word/document.xml",
);

// Paragraphs appear in document order: list-one item one, its nested
// child, list-one item two, list-two item one, list-two item two, bullet.
const numIds = [
...documentXml.matchAll(/<w:numId w:val="(\d+)"\/>/g),
].map((match) => Number(match[1]));

expect(numIds).toHaveLength(6);
const [listOneA, listOneNested, listOneB, listTwoA, listTwoB, bullet] =
numIds;

// Items in the same list at the same level share one numId, so the list
// numbers continuously (1, 2) instead of restarting per item.
expect(listOneB).toBe(listOneA);
expect(listTwoB).toBe(listTwoA);

// A nested sub-list is its own list: it gets its own numId and restarts,
// rather than continuing its parent's numbering.
expect(listOneNested).not.toBe(listOneA);

// Separate lists get separate numIds so they don't continue each other -
// this is the actual bug (#2225): before the fix every numbered list
// shared one numId and the second list continued 3, 4, ... instead of 1, 2.
expect(listTwoA).not.toBe(listOneA);
expect(listOneNested).not.toBe(listTwoA);

// The bullet list is distinct from every numbered list too.
expect(bullet).not.toBe(listOneA);
expect(bullet).not.toBe(listTwoA);
expect(bullet).not.toBe(listOneNested);
},
);

async function exportAndGetStylesEntries(locale?: string) {
const exporter = new DOCXExporter(
BlockNoteSchema.create({
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35 changes: 34 additions & 1 deletion packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/docxExporter.ts
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Expand Up @@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ export class DOCXExporter<
});
}

/**
* A document-global counter used to hand every distinct list its own numbering
* instance (and therefore its own `w:numId`). Two lists that share a `numId`
* are treated by Word as one continued list, so without this all lists in a
* document number/bullet as if they were a single list. See issue #2225.
*/
private numberingInstanceCounter = 0;

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep numbering state local to one export operation.

If two callers use one DOCXExporter concurrently, their transformBlocks calls can interleave at an await. One call can reset numberingInstanceCounter while the other document is still processing. The first document can then assign the same instance to separate list runs and continue numbering incorrectly.

Pass a per-export counter state through a private recursive helper instead of storing it on this.

Also applies to: 124-126

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In `@packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/docxExporter.ts` at line 113, Make
numbering state local to each export operation by removing the instance-level
numberingInstanceCounter and creating a counter within the export entry point.
Pass that counter through the private recursive transformBlocks helper and all
recursive calls, so concurrent exports cannot reset or share numbering instances
while preserving existing list numbering behavior.


/**
* Mostly for internal use, you probably want to use `toBlob` or `toDocxJsDocument` instead.
*/
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): Promise<Array<Paragraph | Table>> {
const ret: Array<Paragraph | Table> = [];

// The top-level call starts a fresh document, so restart instance numbering.
if (nestingLevel === 0) {
this.numberingInstanceCounter = 0;
}

// A list in Word is a maximal run of consecutive sibling list items of the
// same type; a break (any other block) or a switch between bullet/numbered
// starts a new list. Each such run gets its own numbering instance so it
// renders as a separate list rather than continuing the previous one.
let runListType: string | undefined;
let runInstance = 0;

for (const b of blocks) {
let numberingInstance = 0;
if (b.type === "bulletListItem" || b.type === "numberedListItem") {
if (b.type !== runListType) {
runInstance = ++this.numberingInstanceCounter;
runListType = b.type;
}
numberingInstance = runInstance;
} else {
runListType = undefined;
}

let children = await this.transformBlocks(b.children, nestingLevel + 1);

if (!["columnList", "column"].includes(b.type)) {
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});
}

// The `numberedListIndex` slot carries the numbering instance for the docx
// block mappings (bullet/numbered list items); other block types ignore it.
const self = await this.mapBlock(
b as any,
nestingLevel,
0 /*unused*/,
numberingInstance,
children,
); // TODO: any
if (["columnList", "column"].includes(b.type)) {
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