Typing -<space>[<space>] is a lot of work to create a checkbox.
One idea: type _<space> to create a checkbox. This behavior aligns with bulleted lists, where -<space> is transformed into a bullet.
This would introduce a change in behavior to bulleted lists, which currently can be created using either a leading hyphen or underscore.
If you do [Ctrl]+Enter on Windows or [Cmd]+Enter on Mac, you get a checkbox. Does this solve your need?
The default is now cmd/ctrl + L for Toggle checkbox status. There’s another unassigned command as well, Cycle bullet/checkbox.
Seconding this.
The case is migrating from another software that after years of usage has carved []<space> into the muscle memory, so now [] (edit: it is so common, that even the forum supports it) pops up before I’m able to even think about it and then I have to erase and repeat.
It would be great to be able to get that flow back as I’m getting lost in those Ctrl+L / Ctrl+Enter / - [ ]
‘- ’ will create a checkbox in md. Since that is cumbersome, I have my text expander set to sub ‘- ’ when I type ‘ck;;’ (checkbox + activator) to get a -
it’s " -(space)[(space)] "
A text-replacement app can handle this. If you’re on Mac or iOS, there is a text replacement feature built in to the OS (in the keyboard settings).
