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Checkboxes, bullets and numbers

Start a line with - [ ], - or 1. and Antinote draws the list. Tap to check, press and hold to reorder, and decide what happens to checked items.

Updated for iOS 1.65

Checkboxes, bullets and numbers

Design Intent: A list is just lines that start with a marker. Type the marker and Antinote draws the rest; delete the marker and it is text again.

Markers

  • Start a line with - [ ] for a checkbox (- [x] checked), - for a bullet, or 1. for a numbered item. Loose spellings like [] or -[ ] are tidied into a checkbox as you type.
  • Return continues the list at the same indent. Return on an empty item ends the list.
  • Tap a box to check it. The Quickbar's Checklist, List, Numbered list and Cycle list type buttons convert the current lines.

Reordering

  • Press and hold a checkbox or bullet, then drag it to a new position. Indented sub-items travel with it. Move line up / down and Indent / Outdent are on the Quickbar and the Format keyboard too. On a hardware keyboard, Tab and ⇧Tab indent and outdent the item (or every selected line), ⌥↑ / ⌥↓ move the line and ⌥⇧↑ / ⌥⇧↓ duplicate it — see Keyboard shortcuts.

List notes

  • Type list on the first line and every line after it becomes a checklist item without typing markers. Headings (#) and comments (//) stay as they are. See List.

What happens to checked items

  • By default a checked item stays where it is. It can instead move to the bottom of the list — it checks off where it is, then slides down past the others once the strike-through has landed — or be deleted; the Quickbar's Move checked down and Delete checked items do the same on demand.
Settings
  • Editor › Default list style Checkboxes / Bullets / Numbered
  • Editor › Lists › When checked Stays / Moves to bottom / Deleted
  • Editor › Lists › Haptic when checking items On / Off (a firmer tap for a check, a light one for an uncheck)
  • Editor › Keep indentation on return On / Off
  • Editor › Return on an empty indented line outdents it On / Off (off by default; like Apple Notes). On, Return on an empty indented item steps it out one level and keeps its marker; off, it ends the list
  • Editor › Copy list items as unchecked On / Off