Checkbox outside the task function?

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Is there any way to create checkboxes outside the TODO functionality? Have searched here and tried standard markdown with no success.

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The syntax is

first line of a block (then do a shift-enter)
* [ ] empty check box (note that this needs to be in the same block as the previous line)
+ [x] filled check box (yes you can use either + or *)

The catch is “checkboxes outside the TODO functionality” cannot be in the first line of a block.

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Thanks - I had notes on this but was missing the importance of the *

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@WQing Do you know if there’s a quicker way to do this?

Right now for me it’s

  1. shift + enter
  2. Shift + 8 (to add the star)
  3. Spacebar
  4. Square bracket
  5. Spacebar
  6. Right arrow key (to move out of the bracket)

6 steps to create a checkbox just seems like a lot of steps, I wonder if I’m missing something. I tried creating a text expansion snippet with raycast, or just copy pasting * but that always create a new line block.

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Welcome. Consider using Make custom macros that replace themselves with their value on first run. It is not quicker out of the box, but it can be made so, e.g. compare:

  • this: \n* [ ] first\n* [ ] second\n* [ ] third
    • \n represents shift + enter
  • with this: {{c3 first,second,third}}
    • Depending on your scenario, you may get away with just a single comma for every extra entry.