Feature suggestion: shortcut for markdown TODO

[axchizhov]

I want to quickly transform a couple of lines into a todo list. And sometimes I want to share my list without formatting, so I want an easy way to get rid of checkboxes.

Solution: a shortcut to toggle markdown todo for selected lines.

For example, you can do it in Apple Notes with: shift + command + L

[heyman]

What do you mean by "share my list without formatting"? If you copy the list, the checkboxes will be replaced with [ ] or [x], but maybe you don't mean share by copying the text?

Would this shortcut toggle the input checkbox for the current line?

[axchizhov]

What do you mean by "share my list without formatting"?

Sorry, bad wording. I meant: remove the prefix "- [ ]" from the lines.

The prefix confuses non-technical people, when I send plain text to them. Also it's a hassle when I need to paste a list in other app, which doesn't understand markdown.

Would this shortcut toggle the input checkbox for the current line?

Yep.

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Thank you for building the app. It's really-really good! :)

[heyman]

I see, and I think I like the idea.

[francescolaffi]

This would be a nice addition, I use similar shortcuts in other software

For reference in obsidian its cmd-L, and it has multiple uses:

• if used on text lines or lists they become checkboxes, by prefixing with - [ ] or by adding [ ] if its alread a list, indentation is preserved
• if used on lines that already have checkboxes then it toggles the value of the checkboxes [x] <=> [ ]
• both of the above can be used on single lines or selecting multiple lines
• this shortcut does not remove checkboxes from lines (not sure if there is another one to do so, but its a less common use case and its always possibile to use the multiple cursor and few backstrokes to remove cheboxes on multiple lines)

Thanks for the great app!

[axchizhov]

if used on lines that already have checkboxes then it toggles the value of the checkboxes [x] <=> [ ] this shortcut does not remove checkboxes from lines (not sure if there is another one to do so, but its a less common use case and its always possibile to use the multiple cursor and few backstrokes to remove cheboxes on multiple lines)

I've never unchecked multiple checkboxes :) What's your use case?

Ср, 24 янв. 2024 г. в 21:09, Francesco Laffi @.***>:

This would be a nice addition, I use similar shortcuts in other software

For reference in obsidian its cmd-L, and it has multiple uses:

• if used on text lines or lists they become checkboxes, by prefixing with - [ ] or by adding [ ] if its alread a list, indentation is preserved
• if used on lines that already have checkboxes then it toggles the value of the checkboxes [x] <=> [ ]
• both of the above can be used both on single lines or selecting multiple lines
• this shortcut does not remove checkboxes from lines (not sure if there is another one to do so, but its a less common use case and its always possibile to use the multiple cursor and few backstrokes to remove cheboxes on multiple lines)

Thanks for the great app!

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[francescolaffi]

My main use case is transforming a normal list or plaintext lines in a list of checboxes.

In addition to that I was hinting at the default behaviour of obsidian.md for managing lists of checkboxes, imho is a good general reference for markdown management.

[axchizhov]

Oh, I see, that's reasonable. But if we simply compare Obsidian default with Apple Notes default (which is to delete []), I think the latter is more common.

Чт, 25 янв. 2024 г. в 00:15, Francesco Laffi @.***>:

My main use case is transforming a normal list or plaintext lines in a list of checboxes.

In addition to that I was hinting at the default behaviour of obsidian.md for managing lists of checkboxes, imho is a good general reference for markdown management.

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[heyman]

For reference in obsidian its cmd-L, and it has multiple uses:

• if used on text lines or lists they become checkboxes, by prefixing with - [ ] or by adding [ ] if its alread a list, indentation is preserved
• if used on lines that already have checkboxes then it toggles the value of the checkboxes [x] <=> [ ]
• both of the above can be used on single lines or selecting multiple lines
• this shortcut does not remove checkboxes from lines (not sure if there is another one to do so, but its a less common use case and its always possibile to use the multiple cursor and few backstrokes to remove cheboxes on multiple lines)

This sounds like a good way to implement it! (with some other default shortcut than CMD-L, since it's already used)