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Nested Daily Todos

thomasbrezinskithomasbrezinski4k downloads

Carry over incomplete todos from Daily Notes grouped by headers, with support for nesting and flexible todo states.

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This plugin for Obsidian will parse previous Daily Notes for incomplete todos and add them to today's Daily Note. It supports grouping the todos by section and supports alternative checkbox states and nested todos.

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Features

  • Specify how many days of previous notes to check for incomplete todos
  • Support for Todos optionally grouped by headers
  • Support for nested Todos
  • When Todos with children are carried forward, the entirety of the todo is kept
  • Support for alternative checkbox styles for users using themes like Things
  • Support for defining which states should be considered complete
  • Todos with updated children in more recent notes take precedence over older versions of the same top level item

How to use

The plugin includes a ribbon icon Nested Daily Todos that will add relevant incomplete todos to today's Daily Note.

There is also a command Add prevoius incomplete todos that can be run from the Obsidian command palette.

How to install

You can install the plugin from the Community Plugins tab within Obsidian. Just search for "Nested Daily Todos".

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Parse previous Daily Notes for incomplete todos and insert them into today's Daily Note, preserving nested todos and their children intact. Group carried todos by headers, recognize alternative checkbox styles, search previous days for outstanding items, and prefer more recently updated versions when conflicts arise.
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Details
Current version
1.2.2
Last updated
2 years ago
Created
4 years ago
Updates
8 releases
Downloads
4k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Author
thomasbrezinskithomasbrezinski
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