how to include checkboxes in markdown cells in databricks notebook

[teaholic]

Hi has anyone else tried to include checkboxes in markdown cells in databricks notebook?

I believe I followed the correct way for checkbox: - [ ] and - [x]

but the result I got is still no checkboxes.

Please help! Thanks!

%md
#to do: 
- [x] static variable
- [ ] input
- [ ] opeartion
- [ ] project life financial calc

[Kaniz_Fatma]

Hi @teaholic, 

• The syntax for checkboxes in Markdown is correct: - [ ] for an unchecked box and - [x] for a checked box.
• Make sure there’s a space between the brackets and the hyphen, like this: - [x].

[teaholic]

Hi thanks for the reply however it does not solve the problem. Although used the right syntax, I still cannot see checkboxes rendered correctly in my Databricks notebook, see the screenshot.

[sk22]

Also doesn't work for me, they just render as dot points.

[holly · Accepted solution]

Hi all, it's basic markdown only + tables. Checkmarks are not supported. I use the basic section of this cheat sheet when I inevitably forget the syntax: https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/#basic-syntax

[teaholic]

Thanks for the answer - hope databricks can improve their support of markdown in the future

[holly]

@teaholic could you explain a bit more about what the check marks are for and how you'd like to use them? I'd like to pass the feedback onto our product teams, but I know the first question I'll get from them is "can you tell me more about the use case?"

[szymon_dybczak]

Hi @teaholic ,

If you really need this feature you can install ipywidgets library and use it as below:

from ipywidgets import Checkbox
mycheckbox_1 = Checkbox(description="Task 1 status")
mycheckbox_2 = Checkbox(description="Task 2 status")
display(mycheckbox_1)
display(mycheckbox_2)

[Kaniz_Fatma]

Hi @teaholic and @sk22, If the response resolves your issue, kindly mark it as the accepted solution. This will help close the thread and assist others with similar queries.

We appreciate your participation and are here if you need further assistance!

[holly]

Raised with the product team, I can't promise any timelines, but a few of the engineers think this might be a fun one for their next hackathon

[renancy]

Hi @teaholic
I faced the same problem and found the 

✓ and ✗ notation that did work for me. Hope that helps.

[arnulfo]

Thanks, that’s a simple and practical solution!