Can I create a Confluence tasklist (checkbox) using wiki markup?

Karl M Kovaciny

Neither [] //2018-09-05 nor {tasklist:whatever} seem to work.

My use case was generating a checklist every month with dates filled in.

I tried just copying the page and mass-uncheck the checkboxes with $("li[data-inline-task-id]").removeClass("checked"), but that doesn't persist on page reload.

Jira didn't seem like the right tool because the task lasts over a month and subtasks seem too heavyweight for just a list of checkboxes.

Sattesh M

Hello Karl,

The tasklist macro used to support wiki markup, but no longer does starting Confluence 5.5.

That being said, [] should add a task list into a page in Confluence, so I am not sure why it is not working on your instance.

For now, if you do not want to copy the pages, you can also use the Source Editor add-on, and copy over the source of the task list into other pages.

<ac:task-list>
<ac:task>
<ac:task-id>5</ac:task-id>
<ac:task-status>incomplete</ac:task-status>
<ac:task-body>
 <span>Task 1</span>
 </ac:task-body>
</ac:task>
<ac:task>
<ac:task-id>6</ac:task-id>
<ac:task-status>incomplete</ac:task-status>
<ac:task-body>
 <span>Task 2</span>
 </ac:task-body>
</ac:task>
<ac:task>
<ac:task-id>7</ac:task-id>
<ac:task-status>complete</ac:task-status>
<ac:task-body>
 <span>Task 3 (Done)</span>
 </ac:task-body>
</ac:task>
</ac:task-list>

 You can learn more about the changes in this community post below as well.

• why has tasklist macro been removed?

Hope that helps, and let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers,
Sattesh