Title: Bug in nested shortcodes?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Bug in nested shortcodes?

 *  [Boris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ispacecrusader/)
 * (@ispacecrusader)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-nested-shortcodes/)
 * I have a page consisting of 5 tabs, using SU.
    Each tab title is actually a square
   block with an image on it. I want these 5 squares equally divided horizontally
   across the parent div.
 * Below that, is the content, divided up into two columns, also using SU.
 * Within those columns, I added content. Plain text at first.
 * With this setup, the 5 squares are neatly divided with equal space between. However,
   when I add unordered lists in each column, the space between the 5 squares disappears.
 * I’ve tried solving it by adding <p> tags around the UL, by preceding it with 
   a <h2> line of text, by putting all the code next to eachother in the text editor
   and by adding the unordered list via yet another shortcode. Nothing helps.
 * The problem disappears when I remove the columns shortcode.
 * This is not the first time I’m running into what seems to me like a nested shortcodes
   bug.
 * I find the SU plugin a brilliant tool and I use it for almost all of the sites
   I build, but this is very annoying. Any chance of looking into the nested shortcodes
   more thoroughly?
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 * Last reply from: [Boris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ispacecrusader/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-nested-shortcodes/)
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