Let my completed todo items stay inline

Comments: 20

• 29 Jul, '20
  Aaron B

  Definitely helpful since I like to create to-do's as part of my note capture but still need to keep the task in-line so the notes continue to make sense on review or lookback.

• 11 Oct, '20
  Ben

  I agree here. I like to use the daily jot functionality as a log for what I completed during the day. Being able to see completed tasks inline with where I originally created the task would be super helpful

• 17 Dec, '20
  Mark Lopez

  Yeah, this breaks my workflow. Hopefully this will be an easy fix and can be done soon.

• 26 Dec, '20
  Bill Admin

  While we will continue to mull how we might allow this, in the interim, our best recommendation for people who want to keep their to-do items inline is to use bullets instead of tasks. The usual Ctrl-Space hotkey will apply strikethrough to a bullet item, so you can use them much like a simpler version of tasks. You can also use the same hotkeys as tasks for shifting hierarchies of bulleted navigation up and down a list.

• 11 Jan
  Victor Merged

  Currently, after a task is completed, it shows up on the note page it was written in under the "Completed" section" AND the task will be removed from that note page.
  
  Having a task not show up on the note page it was written in eliminates the context of the task.
  
  E.g, Let's say on the note named "Make a play" you have the following written:
  [] Task A - Write a play
  [] Task B - Audition for people
  [] Task C - Find an event date
  [] Task D - Prep for play
  
  If task C were completed, the note would now look like:
  [] Task A - Write a play
  [] Task B - Audition for people
  [] Task D - Prep for play
  (task C is in completed at bottom of note)
  
  Let's say, I didn't label the tasks with "Task A/B/C/D", I would have no way of knowing in what order task C was located on the note relative to other tasks.
  
  **Remedy:**
  [] Task A - Write a play
  [] Task B - Audition for people
  [x] Task C - Find an event date
  [] Task D - Prep for play
  (task C is a little bit greyed out)

• 13 Jan
  Lucian Admin

  "If a task is completed, keep the task displayed on the line of the note it was written in" (suggested by Victor on 2021-01-11), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 15 Feb
  Gadwood

  For me the biggest problem is that it disappears as soon you check it. It should stay in place until you changer note. For peuple that want to keep it all in note maybe put complete task down with a button

• 27 Apr
  Justin Maxwell

  +1 strong upvote (founder member). Please see my other feedback emailed about @Gadwood’s issue as well. The interaction design around the items disappearing themselves needs improvement. However, my checklist items are part of a plan and I don’t want them to disappear (or they should be toggleable/visibility settings) when on a note. In a global todo list i am fine with them disappearing.

• 11 May
  Justin Maxwell

  This is a dealbreaker for using the app for checklists for travel/trips. We have to print it out instead.

• 25 May
  Javier

  Coming from Roam this is the most frustrating “feature” of Amplenote. Add an option to change this behavior on/off.

• 04 Aug
  Sami Paju

  As it stands currently, it feels like you're supposed to have notes that contain nothing but tasks. Or have a separate section in each note for tasks related to it. And use a lot of links / rich footnotes in task descriptions for further contextual information.
  
  I think it's a bit of an identity crisis that needs to be solved. Is the preferred way to work more akin to having Notes, some of which contain to-do items, or is the preferred way closer to a to-do application, where Notes are enabled but tasks take priority.
  
  Personally I find myself wanting to have both, but it being note-dependent. For example, in case of notes that may contain quick tasks (where it doesn't make sense to create separate notes for each of them), the current approach is much preferred. Otherwise we'll soon have a very cluttered list. But on e.g. meeting memos that lead to tasks, having context remaining would be the preferred way.

• 06 Aug
  Sami Paju

  Although it's not evident from the topic here, I think this same point also applies to hidden tasks. And personally I think this is a more significant drawback in the current way tasks are handled.

• 12 Aug
  Miguel

  Feels like this is such a easy thing to fix / to give the option on each note / globally to set this behavior. Hope it can be done in the future :)

• 14 Aug
  Jac

  Please add this, it's a dealbreaker for me too

• 12 Sep
  Rebecca Chapman

  Definitely would like the option to do this - the whole point of Amplenote for me is allowing combined notes and tasks (eg. meeting or project notes with tasks scattered throughout), and I don't want to lose the context when a task is completed and 'drops out' of the note. I did see the suggestion about using bullets and strikethrough, but you then lose the benefit of Amplenote's ability to pull out all incomplete tasks from all notes into 1 list. If you do implement this - could you consider creating a mirror (linked) copy when a task is completed, ie. one strike-through version inline in the notes, and one in the 'completed tasks' tab?

• 23 Sep
  Al Dokis

  I caught this discussion the other day via a Twitter list about and I think I understand why the tasks are moved off the main note. However, I myself would prefer they stay in the note, or show in both spots. The more k have been thinking about this the more I do really need them in the note. If amplenote is to really to be the task and notes app that is effective for me I need the completed task to stay. The task and the note both loose important context. Say if I am using a note(s) to manage a project, if I look back it is almost impossible to recall all what happened. If I want this to happen now I am basically havibg to recreate the task as a bullet before I close it off. That makes no sense to me. I think this needs to be give. Real consideration.

• 02 Oct
  Paul Hacker

  Control-Space doesn't seem to work on my iPad with Magic Keyboard as a shortcut for striking through a bullet point @Lucian

• 04 Oct
  Tom

  ^ I really like Rebecca Chapman's suggestion above!
  
  "creating a mirror (linked) copy when a task is completed, ie. one strike-through version inline in the notes, and one in the 'completed tasks' tab"
  
  Also maybe an option for us to turn this feature on/off in the settings, so that everyone's happy :-)
  
  Thanks!

• 11 Oct
  Mark

  I think what Dynalist does would work well here.
  
  Basically, the completed task will just be hidden, but it is still under the parent subtask and in the same position as it was before. Just invisible.
  
  Toggling to show completed tasks will just make them visible again.

• 12 Oct
  Javier

  Tasks live in the context of the note/paragraph they are created. Moving them to some other section obliterates this relationship. Figuring out where a task was created in a page if for any reason you need to uncheck it is needlessly wasteful. As an old Roam Research user, this is one of the "features" that annoys me the most in Amplenote.