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Closes #2226

Problem

Every bullet list level was exported with the same glyph, so nested bullet lists were visually indistinguishable from their parents. Word, LibreOffice and Google Docs all cycle the bullet by depth.

Fix

Cycle the glyph by nesting level — filled disc, hollow circle, filled square ( / / ) — in the blocknote-bullet-list numbering config. These are Unicode characters that render in the document font, so there's no dependency on the Symbol or Wingdings fonts being installed (which is what made the previously-commented-out / attempt look inconsistent).

Test

should use distinct bullet symbols per nesting level exports a bullet list, reads the generated word/numbering.xml, and asserts the first three bullet levels are , , . It fails on main (all three are ) and passes with this change.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Improved nested DOCX bullet lists with distinct symbols for each of the first three nesting levels: filled disc, hollow circle, and filled square.

Every bullet list level exported with the same "•" glyph, so nested bullet
lists were visually indistinguishable from their parents (TypeCellOS#2226). Word,
LibreOffice and Google Docs all cycle the bullet by depth.

Cycle the glyph by level - filled disc, hollow circle, filled square - using
Unicode characters that render in the document font (no dependency on Symbol or
Wingdings being installed).
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Walkthrough

The DOCX exporter now uses distinct bullet glyphs for the first three nesting levels. An end-to-end test reads word/numbering.xml and verifies the generated glyph sequence.

Changes

DOCX nested bullet glyphs

Layer / File(s) Summary
Nested bullet glyph configuration and validation
packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/docxExporter.ts, packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/docxExporter.test.ts
The exporter cycles through , , and by nesting depth. The test verifies these glyphs in the generated DOCX numbering definitions.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to e0de9

The PR makes a localized DOCX export change so nested bullet levels use distinct symbols and adds a focused regression test; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Possibly related PRs

  • TypeCellOS/BlockNote#2969: Modifies DOCX nested bullet-list numbering with a different focus on glyph styling and nesting-level clamping.

Suggested reviewers: nperez0111

Poem

A rabbit checks the bullets in a row,
Disc, circle, square now glow.
Three neat levels hop in line,
XML confirms the glyphs align.
“Export complete!” says the hare.

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In `@packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/docxExporter.test.ts`:
- Around line 296-300: Update the test using nestedList(3) (or an equivalent
three-level block tree) instead of a single bulletListItem, and assert the
serialized document.xml contains paragraphs with nesting levels 0, 1, and 2 so
nested w:ilvl assignment is exercised.
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Comment on lines +296 to +300
const doc = await exporter.toDocxJsDocument(
partialBlocksToBlocksForTesting(schema, [
{ type: "bulletListItem", content: "level 0" },
]),
{ sectionOptions: {}, documentOptions: {}, locale: "en-US" },

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Exercise nested list levels in the test.

The test passes only one top-level bulletListItem. It verifies the static numbering.xml definitions, but it does not serialize nested paragraphs at levels 1 or 2. A regression in nested w:ilvl assignment could still pass.

Use the existing nestedList(3) helper from Lines 233-251, or build an equivalent three-level block tree. If this test must cover the complete rendering path, also assert the nested paragraph levels in word/document.xml.

Suggested test input
       const doc = await exporter.toDocxJsDocument(
-        partialBlocksToBlocksForTesting(schema, [
-          { type: "bulletListItem", content: "level 0" },
-        ]),
+        partialBlocksToBlocksForTesting(schema, nestedList(3)),
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const doc = await exporter.toDocxJsDocument(
partialBlocksToBlocksForTesting(schema, [
{ type: "bulletListItem", content: "level 0" },
]),
{ sectionOptions: {}, documentOptions: {}, locale: "en-US" },
const doc = await exporter.toDocxJsDocument(
partialBlocksToBlocksForTesting(schema, nestedList(3)),
{ sectionOptions: {}, documentOptions: {}, locale: "en-US" },
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/docxExporter.test.ts` around lines 296 -
300, Update the test using nestedList(3) (or an equivalent three-level block
tree) instead of a single bulletListItem, and assert the serialized document.xml
contains paragraphs with nesting levels 0, 1, and 2 so nested w:ilvl assignment
is exercised.

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