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Missing shortcode when used as first item in list-table

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Bug description

Hello,

this is a follow-up of https://github.com/pandoc-ext/list-table/issues/14 .

When using the list-table extension and placing a shortcode as first item in the table, then it get's mixed with the table styling syntax of list-table.

Steps to reproduce
---
title: Untitled
format:
  pdf: default
filters:
  - pandoc-ext/list-table
author: me
date: last-modified
---

- {{< meta title >}} Title is there      

:::{.list-table}
* - {{< meta title >}} Title is missing      
* - The title {{< meta title >}} is there
:::
Actual behavior

The first occurence of the shortcode in the table is missing.

The reason is that a Span can be also used to tweak the style of the table and while handling this it gets moved to the attributes of the table.

[BulletList [[Plain [Span ("",[],[("__quarto_custom","true"),("__quarto_custom_type","Shortcode"),("__quarto_custom_context","Inline"),("__quarto_custom_id","2")]) [],Space,Str "Fancy",Space,Str "Latex",Space,Str "missing"]]]]
[Plain [Span ("",[],[("__quarto_custom","true"),("__quarto_custom_type","Shortcode"),("__quarto_custom_context","Inline"),("__quarto_custom_id","2")]) [],Space,Str "Fancy",Space,Str "Latex",Space,Str "missing"]]
[BulletList [[Plain [Str "From",Space,Span ("",[],[("__quarto_custom","true"),("__quarto_custom_type","Shortcode"),("__quarto_custom_context","Inline"),("__quarto_custom_id","3")]) [],Space,Str "to",Space,Span ("",[],[("__quarto_custom","true"),("__quarto_custom_type","Shortcode"),("__quarto_custom_context","Inline"),("__quarto_custom_id","4")]) []]]]]
[Plain [Str "From",Space,Span ("",[],[("__quarto_custom","true"),("__quarto_custom_type","Shortcode"),("__quarto_custom_context","Inline"),("__quarto_custom_id","3")]) [],Space,Str "to",Space,Span ("",[],[("__quarto_custom","true"),("__quarto_custom_type","Shortcode"),("__quarto_custom_context","Inline"),("__quarto_custom_id","4")]) []]]
Expected behavior

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Your environment

MacOS 15.7.1

Quarto check output

Quarto 1.8.25
[✓] Checking environment information...
Quarto cache location: /Users/becker/Library/Caches/quarto
[✓] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
Pandoc version 3.6.3: OK
Dart Sass version 1.87.0: OK
Deno version 2.3.1: OK
Typst version 0.13.0: OK
[✓] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[✓] Checking Quarto installation......OK
Version: 1.8.25
Path: /Applications/quarto/bin

[✓] Checking tools....................OK
TinyTeX: v2024.09
Chromium: (not installed)

[✓] Checking LaTeX....................OK
Using: TinyTex
Path: /Users/becker/Library/TinyTeX/bin/universal-darwin
Version: 2024

[✓] Checking Chrome Headless....................OK
Chrome: (not detected)

[✓] Checking basic markdown render....OK

[✓] Checking Python 3 installation....OK
Version: 3.13.7
Path: /opt/homebrew/opt/python@3.13/bin/python3.13
Jupyter: (None)

  Jupyter is not available in this Python installation.
  Install with python3 -m pip install jupyter

[✓] Checking R installation...........(None)

  Unable to locate an installed version of R.
  Install R from https://cloud.r-project.org/

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the provided .qmd example with the Quarto CLI and the pandoc-ext/list-table filter, then inspect the list-table handling of the first table item and its shortcode Span. Done means the shortcode in the first list-table item is preserved and rendered consistently with the other shortcode occurrences.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, markdown
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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