We lack a way to quickly move a list item up or down on Joplin Mobile Android. There is a keyboard shortcut on desktop (called swap line up/down) but nothing in the mobile toolbar. Would be awesome both for task lists, regular bullet point lists and regular text lines.
It would sit nicely in the toolbar next to existing "indent / unindent" actions.
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Steph
2 April 2025 17:52
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In the Desktop version of Joplin it only works in the Markdown Editor not in the Rich Text Editor...
Active here (markdown editor):
Not active there (rich text editor):
Thank you for the feature request!
I'm linking to a related pull request:
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← personalizedrefrigerator:pr/mobile/swap-lines
opened 11:19PM - 03 Apr 25 UTC
# Summary
This pull request adds "swap line up" and "swap line down" buttons … to the "Choose items to display in the toolbar" screen. With this pull request, these actions are not included in the toolbar by default.
This implements [a feature request from the Joplin forum](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-toolbar-feature-request-add-ability-to-move-line-up-down/44702).
# Screenshot

# Testing plan
**Web app**:
1. Open the editor.
2. Add the "swap line down" and "swap line up" buttons to the toolbar.
3. Move the cursor near the middle of a list with several items.
4. Click "swap line down" and verify that the line containing the cursor is moved down.
5. Click "Swap line up" and verify that the line containing the cursor is moved up.
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_vg
20 April 2025 14:11
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This works great and makes a real difference in my life. Thank you very, very much.
Steph
21 April 2025 16:17
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About desktop version... (Joplin, 3.3.5)
Still not active in the RTE...
In MD editor : strange behabiour !!!
Original position:
I move up the line number four...
=> On the left column, the line move but the number doesn't change.
I continue to move up the same line top first line position.
On the right column at some point new numbers apears !!!
In the RTE:
Marph
21 April 2025 20:21
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I think this fits to the commonmark specification :
The start number of an ordered list is determined by the list number of its initial list item. The numbers of subsequent list items are disregarded.
Steph
23 April 2025 23:21
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Are you sure ?
When the markdown says 1,2,3,4 there's no reason that the viewer or the RTE says 5,6,7,8 for the exact same lines !?