# Lists without a list indicator character?

**URL:** <https://talk.commonmark.org/t/lists-without-a-list-indicator-character/861>\
**Category:** Extensions\
**Created:** [October 30, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/lists-without-a-list-indicator-character/861 "2014-10-30T16:38:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisalley](https://cdn.commonmark.org/user_avatar/talk.commonmark.org/chrisalley/32/906_2.png) [@chrisalley](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/chrisalley)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/lists-without-a-list-indicator-character/861/2 "2014-10-28T09:37:12Z")

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Welcome @bjornte. There has been extensive discussion about how line breaks should work in the [default line break handling is inconvenient](http://talk.commonmark.org/t/default-line-break-handling-is-inconvenient/280) topic. I find `-` to be the most convenient list marker as it does not require the use of the shift key, unlike `+` and `*`. Without a list marker it would be difficult to determine if the item on the new line should be part of the same list. Perhaps a case could be made for defining list blocks with no markers (as an extension).

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