Paste text and apply checkboxes

[Shroomy]

I have some text in a TXT file which I would like to copy to a Confluence page and add checkboxes to each line. For example:

Red
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
Purple
Pink
Brown
Black
White
Gray
Cyan
Magenta
Indigo
Teal
Maroon
Gold
Silver
Turquoise
Lavender
Coral

Unfortunately it does not seem like it is possible to do this without manually adding a checkbox to each line.

Since I am using Sublime text, I tried adding a check box in markdown style to each line, but pasting that in Confluence does not trigger a checkbox. For example:

- [ ] Red
- [ ] Blue
- [ ] Green
- [ ] Yellow
- [ ] Orange

Is there any way to do this for multiple lines?

[Shroomy · Accepted solution]

The answer: You need extra lines

For example:

If you copy text from notepad, and paste it in Confluence:

Red
Blue
Green
Yellow

select it and then click on the task list icon, only the top line will become a task.

However...

If you add lines to the text:

Red

Blue

Green

Yellow

it will work.

[Brant Schroeder]

@Shroomy I believe that you would have to paste, highlight and then click the checkbox icon in the editor.