#1

I’ve been making list templates, and being able to click a button (or hotkey?) to uncheck all checkboxes would be nice to be able to start fresh if I want to reuse a list; rather than having to copy and make a new list each time if there’s no need to. Maybe this would be a plugin?

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"Search All" and "Replace all" in current file as a keyboard shortcut
#2

How do you make a template? I look at what is written in the help section and it makes no sense to me. Step-by-step instructions would help of you have the time.

#3

I just make a note that I name as the template (e.g. Packing list template) and star it for reference, and copy paste it when I want to use it

#4

Came here to suggest the same. I have several check lists that I use more than once.

#5

I would also like to have this feature. My current workaround is to do a find and replace of all instances of [x] with [ ]. It only takes a few seconds, but it would be ideal if this could be fewer clicks and keystrokes. In a broader sense, it may be nice to eventually have macro capability that could do this and other regular tasks within notes much more quickly.

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#6

I just learned that there is a new command “Toggle completed” (Ctrl-Enter) in 0.9.5 that can be used here: You can mark the whole checklist (Ctrl-A) or parts of the checklist and then press Ctrl-Enter. However, this does not achieve our goal with a partially completed checklist since it toggles all checkboxes, it does not (re)set them. It also only works in edit mode. A “check/uncheck all” command would also make sense in preview mode.

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#8

It seems to me that currently, version(0.12.4) does not have this function, Does anybody know how going on? Thank for any feedback on this.

#9

I came up with a very hacky workaround that seems to clear all checkboxes:

  1. Get yourself espanso - it’s useful for a lot of other things.
  2. Enable Vim by going to Obsidian settings → Editor → Vim key bindings.
  3. Open your default.yml file in your espanso folder, and add the following lines:
  # Super hacky way to clear checkboxes in Obsidian
  - trigger: ":cc"
    replace: ":%s/\\[x\\]/[ ]/g"
  1. In Obsidian, simply type :cc followed by enter, and all checkboxes get cleared.

I’ve been struggling this for months, and am glad to have finally found a solution.

Also: if anyone can tell me why this leaves you in visual mode (rather than normal mode) I’d be curious to find out.