[BUG] org-forward-element for plain list item [9.6.15]

[BUG] org-forward-element for plain list item [9.6.15]

[Seungki Kim]

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Hi ,

I am writing to report a behavior in org-forward-element that I suspect may
be a bug.

When the content of an org file is as follows:

* TestA
- test1
- test2
- test3
- test4
* TestB

If the cursor is at the beginning of the line (at '-') of the items test2,
test3, or test4, org-forward-element works as expected, moving to the next
item.
However, when the cursor is at the beginning of the line of the test1 item,
executing org-forward-element moves the cursor to TestB instead of test2.
The command works correctly when the cursor is in the middle of the line
rather than at the beginning.

Is there something I might be missing?

My Emacs and Org versions are as below:
Emacs  : GNU Emacs 29.4 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
3.24.42, cairo version 1.18.0)
Package: Org mode version 9.6.15 (release_9.6.15 @
/usr/share/emacs/29.4/lisp/org/)

Thank you.

Best regards,
Seungki Kim

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Re: [BUG] org-forward-element for plain list item [9.6.15]

[Ihor Radchenko]

Seungki Kim <tttuuu888@gmail.com> writes:

> When the content of an org file is as follows:
>
> * TestA
> - test1
> - test2
> - test3
> - test4
> * TestB
>
> If the cursor is at the beginning of the line (at '-') of the items test2,
> test3, or test4, org-forward-element works as expected, moving to the next
> item.
> However, when the cursor is at the beginning of the line of the test1 item,
> executing org-forward-element moves the cursor to TestB instead of test2.
> The command works correctly when the cursor is in the middle of the line
> rather than at the beginning.
>
> Is there something I might be missing?

There are two elements at the beginning of "- test1" line:
1. plain list :: all the "testX" entries
2. list item  :: just "- test1"

Org mode selects the outermost element in this scenario - the full plain
list, - and moves to the element following the list, which is your "*
TestB" heading.

Not a bug.
Canceled.

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