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Misalignment of Bullets and Checkboxes in Task Lists in VSCode Visual Editor

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Description

I noticed that in the VSCode visual editor, bullets and checkboxes in task lists are misaligned, whereas they appear correctly aligned in the RStudio visual editor. Has anyone else noticed this?

Test quarto document:

---
title: test
created: 2025-02-11
---

-   [ ] item 1
-   [ ] item 2
-   [ ] item 3
-   [ ] item 4
-   [ ] item 5
    -   [ ] subitem 1
-   [ ] item 6

Expected behavior, observed in RStudio:

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VScode behavior:

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Research direction

Start with the test Quarto document in the issue and open it in the VSCode visual editor, comparing its task-list rendering with the expected RStudio result. Trace the visual editor's list and checkbox rendering; done means bullets and checkboxes align correctly, including the nested subitem.

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Assessment

Tech stack
vscode
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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