From 3a7063b83806582cf1626f821e6c526a596c3a7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian <polyrainbow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: list item sigil node

---
 src/lib/editor/plugins/ListItemPlugin.ts | 14 ++++++++++++++
 tests/integration/editor.spec.ts         | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/lib/editor/plugins/ListItemPlugin.ts b/src/lib/editor/plugins/ListItemPlugin.ts
index 95bfd448..0fd9fd68 100644
--- a/src/lib/editor/plugins/ListItemPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/lib/editor/plugins/ListItemPlugin.ts
@@ -206,6 +206,20 @@ const destroyListItemSigil = (lisNode: ListItemSigilNode) => {
     return;
   }
 
+  // Sigil inside ListItemNode absorbed extra text (e.g. user typed
+  // inside the "- " sigil): mark the parent dirty so
+  // listItemNodeNormalizationTransform re-splits the sigil.
+  const liParent = lisNode.getParent();
+  if (
+    $isListItemNode(liParent)
+    && liParent.getFirstChild() === lisNode
+    && lisNode.getTextContentSize() > 2
+    && lisNode.getTextContent().startsWith("- ")
+  ) {
+    liParent.markDirty();
+    return;
+  }
+
   const previousSibling = lisNode.getPreviousSibling();
   const nextSibling = lisNode.getNextSibling();
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/editor.spec.ts b/tests/integration/editor.spec.ts
index 09786333..b68bc953 100644
--- a/tests/integration/editor.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/editor.spec.ts
@@ -1405,4 +1405,28 @@ bar`);
         .toBe("abc");
     },
   );
+
+  test(
+    "typing in middle of list item sigil should not add text to sigil node",
+    async ({ page }) => {
+      await page.keyboard.type("- 1", { delay: 100 });
+      // Move cursor 2 to the left (into the sigil "- ")
+      await page.keyboard.press("ArrowLeft", { delay: 100 });
+      await page.keyboard.press("ArrowLeft", { delay: 100 });
+      // Type " 1" — the "1" should end up in the content node, not sigil
+      await page.keyboard.type(" 1", { delay: 100 });
+
+      const paragraph = page.locator(
+        "div[data-lexical-editor] .editor-paragraph:nth-child(1)",
+      );
+
+      await expect(paragraph).toHaveClass(/list-item/);
+
+      const sigil = paragraph.locator(".list-item-sigil");
+      const content = paragraph.locator(".list-item-content");
+
+      await expect(sigil).toHaveText("- ");
+      await expect(content).toHaveText("1 1");
+    },
+  );
 });