Re-order checkbox list items inside a note

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Hi there, I am finding I’m missing a really important feature with my usage.

I currently make a lot of notes that are lists, especially lots of notes that are checkbox lists.

The problem is that when I make the lists, I don’t always group things in a way that make sense at a glance. So I find I am trying to re-order the items after the fact. This is a huge pain on Joplin as there’s no drag & drop handlers for the list items.

For example:

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It would be good to be able to easily drag Item D above Item C. This is especially a problem on mobile where tapping single lines and cut&paste is not a great experience.

I find myself using this a lot when I’m grocery shopping and I need to group things based on the sections of the store (every store is slightly different as well).

I know in Google Keep you could easily drag & sort. I hope it won’t be too big of a lift for Joplin to implement.

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You can use Joplin's Swap line down and Swap line up features for this.

Desktop:

  • Use Alt+Up to swap the current line up.
  • Use Alt+Down to swap the current line down.
  • If you want to use a different key combination for either shortcut, you can change it in Tools > Options > Keyboard Shortcuts.

Mobile:

  • While editing a note, swipe left on the bottom toolbar until the rightmost button (with the gears icon) is visible.
  • Tap that button, scroll down the list until you see Swap line down and Swap line up checkboxes.
  • Tap both checkboxes to make those buttons show in your toolbar.
  • Press the top-right X close button to return to the editor.
  • Swipe right until both swap buttons are visible, then tap them as needed.
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Holy hell. I did not see this before. Thank you. It’s not quite as simple as a UI drag & drop, but this will do for now thank you so much @muzak :folded_hands: