fix: Nest list items via keyboard

[katsyuta]

Closed #349

Implement list item nesting using Tab or Ctrl+], and unnesting using Shift+Tab or Ctrl+[.

Behavior:

1. Works for all list types
2. Top-level items cannot be nested or unnested
3. When multiple items are selected, the nesting level is changed for all selected items
4. Nesting can only be changed by one level per action

list-nest-result.mp4

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added keyboard shortcuts for increasing and decreasing list-item nesting.
  • Supports Tab, Shift+Tab, and Ctrl/Cmd+[ or ] for individual or selected list items.
  • Preserves nested content and list structure when rearranging items.

• Tests

  • Added comprehensive coverage for nesting shortcuts, selection behavior, depth boundaries, and structure restoration.

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Changes

List nesting controls

Layer / File(s)	Summary
List nesting algorithm packages/app/src/features/NoteEditor/RichEditor/plugins/KeyboardControlsPlugin/changeListItemsNesting.ts, packages/app/src/features/NoteEditor/RichEditor/plugins/KeyboardControlsPlugin/utils.ts	Adds list-item nesting and unnesting for selected Lexical items.
Keyboard shortcut integration packages/app/src/features/NoteEditor/RichEditor/plugins/KeyboardControlsPlugin/KeyboardControlsPlugin.ts	Adds Tab, Shift+Tab, and Ctrl/Cmd bracket shortcuts for changing list nesting.
DOM behavior validation packages/app/src/features/NoteEditor/RichEditor/__tests__/spec/listKeyboard.dom.test.ts, words.txt	Adds DOM coverage for nesting, unnesting, boundaries, selection handling, and round trips. Adds unnests to the word list.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to bb8f5

The PR adds keyboard-driven list nesting, but handled bracket shortcuts may still trigger default behavior, and some nesting operations can either consume Tab without changing the list or create fragmented nested lists. These are bounded but concrete editor-correctness issues, so merge should wait for fixes.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Editor
  participant KeyboardControlsPlugin
  participant $changeListItemsNesting
  participant ListItemNode
  Editor->>KeyboardControlsPlugin: receive nesting shortcut
  KeyboardControlsPlugin->>$changeListItemsNesting: pass RangeSelection and direction
  $changeListItemsNesting->>ListItemNode: move selected items between list levels
  ListItemNode-->>$changeListItemsNesting: return changed status
  $changeListItemsNesting-->>KeyboardControlsPlugin: report result
  KeyboardControlsPlugin-->>Editor: consume shortcut when changed

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The implementation satisfies issue #349 by adding Tab and Ctrl+] nesting controls, including support for selected list items and preservation of list structure needed for checkbox relationships.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within scope. The implementation, DOM tests, helper functions, and the "unnests" dictionary entry directly support keyboard list nesting and unnesting.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 4…
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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding keyboard-based list item nesting. It matches the PR objectives and changed files.

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Inline comments:
In
`@packages/app/src/features/NoteEditor/RichEditor/plugins/KeyboardControlsPlugin/changeListItemsNesting.ts`:
- Line 21: Update both early-return branches in $changeListItemsNesting,
including the $isListItemNode(previousSibling) guard and the corresponding
branch around line 52, to return false when the nesting operation cannot change
the tree; preserve successful-operation returns so KEY_TAB_COMMAND only
suppresses the native event after an actual list-item change.
- Around line 60-64: Update $decreaseListItemNesting so that when listItem
already has a nested list matching currentList.getListType(), followingListItems
are appended to that existing child list instead of creating a second one; only
create a new nested list when no matching child exists, and add a DOM regression
case covering multiple following siblings.

In
`@packages/app/src/features/NoteEditor/RichEditor/plugins/KeyboardControlsPlugin/KeyboardControlsPlugin.ts`:
- Around line 134-140: Update the KeyboardControlsPlugin handling around
$changeListItemsNesting so successful Ctrl/Cmd bracket shortcuts call
event.preventDefault() before returning true, while preserving the false return
when no nesting change occurs. Add a regression test asserting that a handled
keydown invokes preventDefault.

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📒 Files selected for processing (5)

• packages/app/src/features/NoteEditor/RichEditor/__tests__/spec/listKeyboard.dom.test.ts
• packages/app/src/features/NoteEditor/RichEditor/plugins/KeyboardControlsPlugin/KeyboardControlsPlugin.ts
• packages/app/src/features/NoteEditor/RichEditor/plugins/KeyboardControlsPlugin/changeListItemsNesting.ts
• packages/app/src/features/NoteEditor/RichEditor/plugins/KeyboardControlsPlugin/utils.ts
• words.txt

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