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how to include checkboxes in markdown cells in databricks notebook

teaholic
New Contributor III

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

 

 

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holly
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

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

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teaholic
New Contributor III

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.

teaholic_1-1718269659112.png

 

 

sk22
New Contributor II

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

holly
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

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
New Contributor III

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

holly
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

@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?"

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)

Slash_0-1723117822260.png

 

holly
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

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
New Contributor II

Hi @teaholic
I faced the same problem and found the 

✓ and ✗ notation that did work for me. Hope that helps.
renancy_0-1725455851302.png

 

Renancius

arnulfo
New Contributor II

Thanks, thatโ€™s a simple and practical solution!

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