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Is there a way in Confluence to create a checkbox without it being a task?

Ronald Yeshulas

I would like to create a checklist on a confluence page, but the list is not a list of tasks. I have looked at the checklist plug-in, but don't want to create a page for each item on the list (could be as large as 20 or 30 items). Anyone have any ideas?

Accepted answers

Davin Studer

How about something like this? Just put a comma separated list in the macro body.

Macro Name:
dynamic_checkboxes

Macro Title:
Dynamic Checkboxes

Description:
This will create dynamic checkboxes from a comma separated list.

Macro Body Processing:
Escaped

Template:

## Developed by: Davin Studer
## Date created: 12/2/2014
## @noparams

#set ($containerManagerClass=$content.class.forName('com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerManager'))
#set ($getInstanceMethod=$containerManagerClass.getDeclaredMethod('getInstance',null))
#set ($containerManager=$getInstanceMethod.invoke(null,null))
#set ($containerContext=$containerManager.containerContext)
#set ($contentPropertyManager=$containerContext.getComponent('contentPropertyManager'))
#set ($d = '$')

#if($req.getParameter('submit') == "true" && $req.getParameter('checkbox') && $req.getParameter('checkbox') != "")
    #if($req.getParameter('value') && $req.getParameter('value') != "")
        #set ($value = $req.getParameter('value'))
    #else
        #set ($value = "")
    #end
    $contentPropertyManager.setStringProperty($content, $req.getParameter('checkbox'), $value)
#end
 
#if ($body != "")
    <form class="aui" id="dynCheckboxForm">
    #foreach($box in $body.split(","))
        #if($contentPropertyManager.getStringProperty($content, "dynCheckbox$box") == "checked")
            #set($checked = 'checked="checked"')
        #else
            #set($checked = '')
        #end
        <div class="checkbox">
            <input class="checkbox dynCheckbox" type="checkbox" name="dynCheckbox$box" id="dynCheckbox$box" $checked value="checked" />
            <label for="dynCheckbox$box">$box</label>
        </div>  
    #end
    </form>
#end

<script type="text/javascript">
AJS.toInit(function(){
    AJS.$('.dynCheckbox').click(function(){
        AJS.${d}.ajax({
            type: 'GET',
			data: {
                submit: 'true',
                checkbox: AJS.$(this).attr('id'),
                value: AJS.$(this).is(':checked') ? 'checked' : ''
            },
			url: "$content.getUrlPath()",
			success: function(data) {
			},
			error: function() {
			}
        });
    });
});
</script>

All comments

Rodrigo Girardi Adami

Hi Ronald,

I believe you are looking to a macro like this one: Checkbox by Gumvillage.

I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

Ronald Yeshulas

Thanks for your response. I did see that macro, but was trying to avoid spending money for a checkbox.

Davin Studer

Is there a reason you can't use the task list for this?

Ronald Yeshulas

A little more information might help. We have spaces for client projects. The space has an area with meeting notes and action items are identified during these meetings and tracked as tasks in confluence. Additional project work is tracked in JIRA. The main page of the clients space shows these action items. As part of the project plan there is a "shopping list" of items we need from the client. The space contains a page with a list of these items and I would like to turn this list into a checklist without adding to the action item list. I can filter tasks from that page using a label, but then I would also lose the ability to note action items/tasks on that page and wanted to avoid that. I think what I'm really going to need to do, is learn how to write my own macro for a checkbox and add it as a user macro, but I just don't have the time to do that right now.

Alex Medved _ConfiForms_

Roland,

I understand you have no plans to spend money purchasing the plugin to help you with checkboxes, but may be, a bit more advanced plugin will help you to solve this particular problem, as well as anything else when you want to store some structured data in Confluence. Take a look at ConfiForms

Various types of forms: checklists, registrations, feedback... also, with rest api, so you can do some reporting when needed

Davin Studer

How about something like this? Just put a comma separated list in the macro body.

Macro Name:
dynamic_checkboxes

Macro Title:
Dynamic Checkboxes

Description:
This will create dynamic checkboxes from a comma separated list.

Macro Body Processing:
Escaped

Template:

## Developed by: Davin Studer
## Date created: 12/2/2014
## @noparams

#set ($containerManagerClass=$content.class.forName('com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerManager'))
#set ($getInstanceMethod=$containerManagerClass.getDeclaredMethod('getInstance',null))
#set ($containerManager=$getInstanceMethod.invoke(null,null))
#set ($containerContext=$containerManager.containerContext)
#set ($contentPropertyManager=$containerContext.getComponent('contentPropertyManager'))
#set ($d = '$')

#if($req.getParameter('submit') == "true" && $req.getParameter('checkbox') && $req.getParameter('checkbox') != "")
    #if($req.getParameter('value') && $req.getParameter('value') != "")
        #set ($value = $req.getParameter('value'))
    #else
        #set ($value = "")
    #end
    $contentPropertyManager.setStringProperty($content, $req.getParameter('checkbox'), $value)
#end
 
#if ($body != "")
    <form class="aui" id="dynCheckboxForm">
    #foreach($box in $body.split(","))
        #if($contentPropertyManager.getStringProperty($content, "dynCheckbox$box") == "checked")
            #set($checked = 'checked="checked"')
        #else
            #set($checked = '')
        #end
        <div class="checkbox">
            <input class="checkbox dynCheckbox" type="checkbox" name="dynCheckbox$box" id="dynCheckbox$box" $checked value="checked" />
            <label for="dynCheckbox$box">$box</label>
        </div>  
    #end
    </form>
#end

<script type="text/javascript">
AJS.toInit(function(){
    AJS.$('.dynCheckbox').click(function(){
        AJS.${d}.ajax({
            type: 'GET',
			data: {
                submit: 'true',
                checkbox: AJS.$(this).attr('id'),
                value: AJS.$(this).is(':checked') ? 'checked' : ''
            },
			url: "$content.getUrlPath()",
			success: function(data) {
			},
			error: function() {
			}
        });
    });
});
</script>

Ronald Yeshulas

I guess I hit my limit for comments yesterday, so had to wait until today to say thanks. This is exactly what I needed.

Davin Studer

Glad it works.

Todd Hank

This is Fansastic! Thank you

David Skreiner2

Addons also cause headaches when upgrading to the next build. I find it very unfortunate that most answers on answers.atlassian.com are someone telling us to buy paid plugins, especially considering the price of the base product.

Davin Studer

The above user macro is free. I promise I won't charge for it. smile

mbatten

Just want to add a simple solution that I found to this problem in case others are still looking to do this.

If the task does not have any text after it, it does not register as a task. So to create a checklist I put the task checkbox into a table cell by itself with the items for the checklist in a cell beside it.

It functions purely as a checkbox then with saved state and does not register as a task. Really easy to add with the shortcut [] as well.

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Davin Studer

Nice work around.

.mike

not "working arround" with me.

placing the "checkbox-symbol" OUTSIDE the table (somewhere on the page) = OK
saving the page will create a checkbox that users can click on the viewpage.

placing the "checkbox-symbol" INSIDE the table = NOK. users cannot click the checkbox on the viewpage.

see https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/41460975

Robert Ortner_wtz8v8

Just enter [] without blanks - automaticly converted to a checkbox. Very usefull in tables instead of using yes/no or similar stuff

Vicki Lea Tsang

Awesome! Thanks Rob!

UNSW Global IT

Brilliant

George Cakiades

If you are creating the page from a template, the following code populates a checkbox:

<ac:task-list><ac:task><ac:task-id>2</ac:task-id><ac:task-status>incomplete</ac:task-status></ac:task></ac:task-list>

I don't think the task-id is very important, but you may want to increment it depending on what you're doing.

Sushma_gan0w9

Hi @Davin Studer

In your macro ,how to store the checkbox status as checked or unchecked ?

Suppose if we create a checkbox from the confluence UI ,we will get the status as complete or incomplete in the storage format as below.

<ac:task-list>
<ac:task>
<ac:task-id>1</ac:task-id>
<ac:task-status>incomplete</ac:task-status>
<ac:task-body><span>Type your task here, using &quot;@&amp;quot; to assign to a user and &quot;//&quot; to select a due date</span></ac:task-body>
</ac:task>
</ac:task-list>

Similarly is it possible to get the status from your macro?

Please help me

Regards

Sushma

Davin Studer

No. The user macro above does not create tasks ... so the task report won't work with it.

Sushma_gan0w9

Thanks for the response @Davin Studer

Sushma_gan0w9

Hi @Davin Studer

I have one doubt, If we create tasklist /task report from User macro in confluence, are we able to get the state/status of tasklist while viewing the storage format from the confluence page?

Regards

Sushma

Matt Batten

Still working fine for me after all these years, even in latest Confluence Cloud.

Aaron Williams_9ul739

that gets automatically converted to an 'action' item in cloud

Rafer Gluyas

@David Studer I've posted a question regarding this question, and the fact that here if you have any ideas.