Martin rask 4 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 As title.. Is there some automation that can do: When I check a checkbox it moves the line to the bottom of the note? or to another note... or something similar... Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,736 Posted January 24, 2016 Level 5* Share Posted January 24, 2016 Nothing in Evernote that I know of. Checkbox features are very basic; on or off. It can be used in a search, but I haven't much use for that. Might be something for our more talented script programmers. Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted January 25, 2016 Level 5* Share Posted January 25, 2016 You might be able to do something like this with a text expander like PhaseExpress in Windows or the like on the Mac. After clicking the check box, the keystrokes to put in the macro would be: Shift-End - to highlight the line Ctrl-X - to cut the line Ctrl-End - to go to the bottom of the note Carriage Return - to make sure you are on a new line Ctrl-V - to paste the line Then you can hit the check box and a hotkey of your choosing to move the line. FWIW. Link to comment
Martin rask 4 Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 Hi guys... cshilling.. I tried your suggestion.. though I did change it a bit... it's not ideal... I'd have loved something native.. or at least something that reacts to my checking the box.. but this solution DOES work... Home - to include the checkbox Shift-End - to highlight the line Ctrl-X - to cut the line Ctrl-End - to go to the bottom of the note Carriage Return - to make sure you are on a new line Backspace - To delete the Checkbox Evernote automatically creates when working with a list of checkbox lines Ctrl-V - to paste the line ({#HOME}{#SHIFT {#END}}{#CTRL -chars X}{#CTRL {#END}}{#ENTER}{#BKSP}{#CTRL -chars v}) Link to comment
Martin rask 4 Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 I've set the hotkey to "ALT" + Left Mouse Button Click... which is aaaaaaaaalmost as easy as it gets.. I'd love to be able to use 'ALTgr' but it doesn't seem to be included as hotkey function key.. :-| Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted January 27, 2016 Level 5* Share Posted January 27, 2016 Glad it is aaaaaalmost easy enough. Good catch on the second completed item having another check box. Ditto on the native, but until then..... Also, just realized a #Del after your step three will remove the blank line where the item was in the first place. Link to comment
Martin rask 4 Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 Added the #DEL and it's perfect :-) Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted January 27, 2016 Level 5* Share Posted January 27, 2016 Excellent! Link to comment
Martin rask 4 Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Changed it again.. now it looks like this: {#HOME}{#SHIFT {#RIGHT}}{#LEFTMOUSEBUTTON}{#SHIFT {#END}}{#CTRL -chars X}{#DEL}{#CTRL {#END}}{#ENTER}{#BKSP}{#CTRL -chars v} Home - to include the checkbox SHIFT+Right button to highlight checkbox LEFT Mouse button click to mark the checkbox Shift-End - to highlight the line Ctrl-X - to cut the line Ctrl-End - to go to the bottom of the note Carriage Return - to make sure you are on a new line Backspace - To delete the Checkbox Evernote automatically creates when working with a list of checkbox lines Ctrl-V - to paste the line this only works if the checkbox isn't checked already.. at least it won't check the box but uncheck it instead :-) Still using ALT+Left Mouse Button to activate the macro which, on a normal keyboard, is easy... on notepad keyboard it isn't quite as easy when using mousepad etc... Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted January 28, 2016 Level 5* Share Posted January 28, 2016 Now it is virtually native, great job! I'm assuming you determining the need for unchecked status is remediation of existing lists as you go through them? There have been other posts on the forum relative to moving completed items to the bottom of checklists and I hope those folks will check back and find this one. Very nice solution you have developed here.. Link to comment
Martin rask 4 Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Hi Thx.. though I'd never have done this without your suggestions... What I've done so far is uncheck the completed tasks (yes that's what it's for) that have been completed and then applying the PhraseExpress macro, one by one... Results so far have been as expected.. A little demo: Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted January 28, 2016 Level 5* Share Posted January 28, 2016 You are welcome. Nice video, makes it very clear. Link to comment
filmpedler 0 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Could you send detailed instruction on how you made this macro? Or can you send the file? This is what we have been looking for. Appreciate any assistance. Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted March 10, 2016 Level 5* Share Posted March 10, 2016 Download PhaseExpress and then create a macro (in their terms) using the steps from the post above, copied below. The first line represents the commands you put in the Macro, the numbers explain what the command does. PE is fairly easy to learn, mostly point and click. On 1/28/2016 at 4:42 AM, Martin rask said: {#HOME}{#SHIFT {#RIGHT}}{#LEFTMOUSEBUTTON}{#SHIFT {#END}}{#CTRL -chars X}{#DEL}{#CTRL {#END}}{#ENTER}{#BKSP}{#CTRL -chars v} Home - to include the checkbox SHIFT+Right button to highlight checkbox LEFT Mouse button click to mark the checkbox Shift-End - to highlight the line Ctrl-X - to cut the line Ctrl-End - to go to the bottom of the note Carriage Return - to make sure you are on a new line Backspace - To delete the Checkbox Evernote automatically creates when working with a list of checkbox lines Ctrl-V - to paste the line this only works if the checkbox isn't checked already.. at least it won't check the box but uncheck it instead :-) Still using ALT+Left Mouse Button to activate the macro which, on a normal keyboard, is easy... on notepad keyboard it isn't quite as easy when using mousepad etc... Link to comment
filmpedler 0 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Thanks I will try this out. Appreciate the help. Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted March 10, 2016 Level 5* Share Posted March 10, 2016 You are welcome. If you need any more help just post back here. Link to comment
jpaz 48 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Nice workaround. I still think Evernote should have this as native. Is there a Feature Request open about this? If implemented I would not have to use other app (using Wunderlist for that kind of things, like shopping list) only Evernote. Thks JPaz Link to comment
TK0047 422 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 15 hours ago, jpaz said: Is there a Feature Request open about this? I believe so. I have seen other posts and feature requests about being able to sort the CHECKBOXES within a note. For anybody using Evernote for task management, it is really a great feature to have, almost a mandatory | fundamental one I would say. Similar to you, I am also using a separate task management app (mine is Todoist) and I use TaskClone to create the relationship between the two. Link to comment
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