I found on GitHub that you can use Markdown like this:
- [X] Completed feature
- [ ] Incompleted feature
To do checkboxes like this:
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14WHY IS MARKDOWN NOT A STANDARD? How often do you need a checkbox in your question (or answer)?Oded– Oded StaffMod2017-03-19 13:36:03 +00:00Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 13:36
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2Because GitHub added more features to Markdown that are not part of the original specification? It's called GitHub Extended Markdown for a reason.Martijn Pieters– Martijn Pieters Mod2017-03-19 13:36:46 +00:00Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 13:36
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2[X] Need checkboxesbobobobo– bobobobo2017-03-19 13:42:59 +00:00Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 13:42
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14☑️ Emoji to the rescue.Krumelur– Krumelur2017-03-19 14:05:07 +00:00Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 14:05
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3@bobobobo: You haven't explained why we "Need checkboxes". GitHub actually ties them into specific features of issue lists and the like. How would they be tied into features here?Nicol Bolas– Nicol Bolas2017-03-19 14:13:20 +00:00Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 14:13
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Perhaps posts to do with things you're planning to do and come back to edit the post to indicate what's been done so far.bobobobo– bobobobo2017-03-19 16:05:39 +00:00Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 16:05
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1@bobobobo: If you're talking about Docs.SO stuff, then that should be something that's handled by the discussion section or by a request, not by some random checkbox. It also suggests that the example in question is getting too large if you have to post it in bits.Nicol Bolas– Nicol Bolas2017-03-19 20:26:37 +00:00Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 20:26
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This is not even a question. And it answer itself already.Adriano– Adriano2017-10-26 00:56:17 +00:00Commented Oct 26, 2017 at 0:56
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GitHub has extended the original Markdown specification; they added checkboxes, tables, code block fences (``` markers) and a few other features. Those are not part of the base specification, and thus are not supported in other Markdown implementations such as the one used on Stack Overflow.
I see no need whatsoever for checkboxes in questions and answers. We are not building TODO lists here.
answered Mar 19, 2017 at 13:41
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18TODO: Mark as status declinedNathanOliver– NathanOliver2017-03-20 18:05:43 +00:00Commented Mar 20, 2017 at 18:05
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2You know why I cannot accept this answerbobobobo– bobobobo2019-11-09 23:16:29 +00:00Commented Nov 9, 2019 at 23:16