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zadam
(Feature request) Improvements to checklists
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Hi there! I think Trilium is really nifty, and I've pretty much migrated entirely from Joplin. I really love how the entire application is programmable, how it's basically identical server-side and desktop-side, and how many note types and features are built-in. Great work on this application!!
I think there are some simple things that could be done to improve the use of checklists in Trilium. I know there is this big old task list system that uses note attributes, but I prefer the simplicity of checklists because the more complex it is to mark a task as accomplished, the less likely I am to actually engage with task list functionality. I like having my tasks in the main view, as well. So checklists are serving the purpose much better for me, for the most part.
The two suggestions I have are this.
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New checklist items should default to being unchecked. Whenever you create a new list item, the next checklist item automatically gets the checked state of the list item that the cursor is on. So if your cursor is on a completed item and you press enter, the new item will automatically be checked. You're usually adding a new checklist item to indicate something you haven't done yet, so it doesn't make much sense for new items to be checked. I don't know if I could change this behavior with the script API. EDIT: It looks like this behavior comes from CKEditor itself... I'll investigate upstream.
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A keyboard shortcut for toggling the current checklist item would be great. Not much else to say about this one, but it seems like I might be able to make this with the scripting API, if I can navigate the sprawling API documentation for CKEditor.
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Keyboard shortcuts to move list items up or down would be nice. I think this would be helpful for all types of lists, but I bet this would be much harder to do, so I'm not worried so much about this one.
Thank you for your time! 😊
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Hi!
Regarding your second item: there is such a shortcut, Ctrl+Enter does the thing.
Hi!
Regarding your second item: there is such a shortcut, Ctrl+Enter does the thing.
So it does; thank you!