Cannot search unfinished tasks

minhthanh3145 · July 21, 2020, 6:56pm

I think this is related to a known issue in 0.8, but I am not sure if this is the same problem since the known problem mentioned “quoted string” which I didn’t use.

Steps to reproduce

1/ Create a to-do item:

- [ ] Need doing

2/ Type into search bar: - [ ]

Expected result

The added to-do item should be displayed in the search results.

Actual result

The added to-do item is not displayed in the search results.

Environment

Operating system: Mac

Obsidian version: 0.8.0

Additional information

WhiteNoise · July 21, 2020, 7:32pm

"- [ ]" works for me in 0.8.1

danbburg · July 22, 2020, 1:50am

In the mean time (i.e. with 0.8.0) you can use a regex:

/- [ \[ \] ]/

minhthanh3145 · July 22, 2020, 4:08am

Thanks guys ! Appreciate it.

silveron · September 29, 2020, 2:52pm

No, it’s not working for me. If I use your combination “/- [ [ ] ]/”, it finds me both. And “- [x]”, and “- [ ]”.

v.0.9.1

Craig · September 29, 2020, 8:54pm

This regex search is working for me, to find just lines with unfinished tasks:

/- \[ \].*/

silveron · September 30, 2020, 5:52am

Yes! It works)

Thank you!