Support checkboxes in tables

[mattyice]

I’m interested in this feature as well. I need to keep track of daily habits for life and work. Currently, whenever I select the checkbox, the check disappears the next time I return…

[JRCook]

I literally just logged in to create this request…

checkboxes and bullets in tables would be excellent so I could finally ditch One Note for tracking my projects…

[reaty]

This is very needed. I noticed, with the new table editor, if you click on the table cell with the "- [ ]" in it, you will see the checkbox in editor and even can click it. But if you click out of the table, you will see the "- [x]" instead of checkbox again. So basically the checking functionality is already covered, only proper rendering is missing.

[cwhiii]

I’ve noted the same. 3 weeks on an counting. Hopefully resolved the next release!

[ChucklesByron]

Created this account to just say that I want this feature! Please allow us to have checkboxes in tables.

[alphaleonis]

Just started using Obsidian, and this annoyance took me about 5 minutes to encounter. Hope we can see an implementation of this shortly.

[DonaldHines]

I want to add my voice to the others. I could REALLY use this feature.

[huateduck]

+1 to this feature.

[aheinhold]

+1 … please implement this feature

[thatgeeman]

+1 my life depends on it

[zhens]

I would also like to have this feature.

[nutellacrepe]

I posted my cheat here:

Cheating: Checked and empty checkboxes in tables

I like to see empty checkboxes and checked ones in tables. Here is my cheat, or workaround. It uses: Espanso to do text replacement https://espanso.org/ a little more typing I installed Espanso (on Mac) and set up these text-replacement rules: [image] When I type [–] and [xx] , Espanso replaces them immediately with ☐ . I believe these are Unicode characters. Here’s a little screencapture of it in action: https://imgur.com/a/rsWHMCk I don’t mind a) installing Es…

It uses Espanso and requires typing one more character.

[CandyCorvid]

I’m also very keen for this feature, either natively or through a plugin. It seems viable that the html solution (using <input type="checkbox" checked/>) could be extended with some kind of hook to toggle between checked and unchecked on click, but I don’t know enough about obsidian’s ui model to know how easy that would be to implement.

[CandyCorvid]

Oh, looks like someone has done almost exactly that, in a plugin. GitHub - DylanGiesberts/obsidian-table-checkboxes: Obsidian plugin. Allows for the usage of checkboxes inside markdown tables.

That solves my use-case at least.

[EMheart]

That’s great, thanks!
Currently the checkmarks only work in reading mode, but still, much better than not having them.

Still, I’d love to see the normal markdown checkboxes implemented, since this makes the note less readable in plaintext than just - [ ], and probably also doesn’t work with other plugins that search for unchecked checkboxes.

[peeragetalkers]

The year is 2034. The singularity? Old news. Flying cars are clogging the skies like pigeons on a power line. Humanity is sipping coffee with AI overlords. And yet, we’re still here, staring at Obsidian, muttering, “Maybe next update they’ll add checkboxes to tables…”

[grinty]

I need it

[Obstinate]

Me too please!

[benjamindv36]

Another workaround (simple)

I’ve been using emoticon checkboxes in Google Calendar. The same works here (though it does not have all the same implications as markdown checkboxes).

You can just put these.

[mycoJuan]

I also come across this from time to time.