# Apply bulleted list markup to text selection

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/apply-bulleted-list-markup-to-text-selection/5504>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [29 January 2020 12:56 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/apply-bulleted-list-markup-to-text-selection/5504 "2020-01-29T12:56:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![akyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@akyra](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/akyra)\
**Post date:** [29 January 2020 12:56 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/apply-bulleted-list-markup-to-text-selection/5504/1 "2020-01-29T12:56:31Z")

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When I select multiple lines of text and press the button "_Bulleted list_", the first line get transformed to bulleted but not the rest

_Current behavior_:  
line 1 --\> - line 1  
line 2 --\> line2  
line 3 --\> line3

🏁 _Desired behavior_:  
line 1 --\> - line 1  
line 2 --\> - line2  
line 3 --\> - line3

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [30 January 2020 03:40 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/apply-bulleted-list-markup-to-text-selection/5504/2 "2020-01-30T03:40:26Z")

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For info, as a result of the forum thread you [“branched” from](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/convert-lines-of-text-to-list-only-first-line-is-affected/5425/6), a previous GitHub issue by has been reopened as a possible for development:

> <https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/1014>
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> Operating system
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> Linux
> Application
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> Desktop
> When I select multiple lines/paragraphs in the editor and click the "Numbered List" or "Bulleted List" button, only the first...