I also use the partial tick for partial completion of tasks, so I cannot abuse it for marking failed tasks. :wry_smile:
On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 11:25 PM Sławomir Grochowski < slawomir.grochow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Rudy, > > Rudi C <rudiwillalwayslove...@gmail.com> writes: > > > The use case is that I use checklists to remember and track doing some > > important stuff at the start of the day; all the items are at first in a > > neutral/todo state. Some of them get done (`[X]`), but some of them fail > > during the day. For example, I have an item `- [ ] No sugar` which tracks > > whether I have consumed artificial sugar during the day. I like to be > able > > to mark this as failed. > > It's nice to hear that someone is having the same need for a failed state > in the checkbox. > > Currently, the case looks like this: > > A checkbox can be in one of the three states: > 1. not checked =[ ]= > 2. partially checked =[-]= > 3. checked =[X]= > > So I use this partially checked =[-]= state to mark it as failed. > But this 'partially checked' is for checkboxes that are in parent-child > relation. > For example: > > If some but not all child checkboxes are checked, the parent checkbox is > partially checked. > #+begin_example > - [-] call people > - [X] Peter > - [ ] Sarah > #+end_example > > And this 'partially checked' is set automatically. > > But you can set it manually for checkbox that is not in parent-child > relation. Just insert '-' manually or press 'C-c C-c (org-toggle-checkbox)' > with a double prefix argument 'C-u C-u'. > > Statics cookie works as expected. > > #+begin_example > - call people [1/2] > - [X] Peter > - [-] Sarah > #+end_example > > > I know this can be simulated using headings, but checklists are visually > > nicer and have cookies `[/]` etc. > > You can also use statistics cookie '[/]' in checkbox items list. > > For example: > #+begin_example > - [ ] call people [1/2] > - [X] Peter > - [ ] Sarah > #+end_example > > -- > Sławomir Grochowski >
