Checkboxes, Bullets & Numbers

Start a line with a marker in any Antinote note and it becomes a real checkbox, bullet, or numbered item — no list keyword required.

Updated for v2.0

Checkboxes, Bullets & Numbered Lists in Any Note

Design Intent: A quick checkbox shouldn't require committing the whole note to being a list.

You don't need the list keyword to make a list. In any note, start a line with a marker and it becomes a real checkbox, bullet, or numbered item:

  • []  or - [ ]  — an unchecked checkbox
  • [x]  or - [x]  — a checked checkbox
  • — a bullet
  • 1.  — a numbered item
Meeting notes
[] send the recap
[x] book the room
- ask about budget
  • Press Return to continue a list — checkboxes and bullets repeat their marker, numbered items continue with the next number. Return on an empty item ends the list.
  • Numbered lists keep themselves sequential: delete, insert, or move an item and the numbers rewrite to match. A list starts at whatever number you type — 4. starts a list at 4.
  • Use Tab / ⇧ + Tab to indent and outdent list items.
  • Deleting the marker text removes the marker cleanly.
  • Inline markers are ignored inside code notes, and in notes where the list keyword is already active.
  • Each marker type has its own switch in Settings > Editor > Automatic lists — turn off the ones you don't want, and those characters behave like plain text again.