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Simplification of the layout for "checked" and "unchecked" tasks

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Lisa Schaar

In order to reduce complexity within our software, we intend to rearrange the current layout of "checked" and "unchecked" tasks. As a result, checked tasks will no longer move to the bottom of the checklist but remain in their initial position.

What are your thoughts on this proposal?

September 8, 2023

Lisa Schaar

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We implemented an enhanced behavior for checked/unchecked tasks that offers a default visibility setting as well as the possibility to manually show/hide checked tasks. You can read about it here: https://seibert.biz/checklistsshowhidecheckedtasks

Martin Seibert

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Martin Seibert

We are planning to change this in the near future.

Alexander Brandt

I´m slightly in favor of this suggestion. For short lists it´s not a big deal either way. For longer ones i see the context argument and thinking back to my first usage of "didit" the jumping away of checked tasks felt unnatural.

Martin Seibert

I was a strong supporter of checked tasks getting out of the way and thus decluttering the checklist. Now I have understood that literally all other solutions do not do this. Google Keep does it which I used a lot for checklists back then.

I did never hear customers rave about it. But we did hear customers who wanted the tasks to stay in place for a better contextual understanding. That's why I support undoing the jumping and keeping the checklist in order.