# \\- \\\[ \\\] \<---- sometimes find this in checklists

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/sometimes-find-this-in-checklists/14631>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [5 February 2021 15:46 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/sometimes-find-this-in-checklists/14631 "2021-02-05T15:46:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![jb261](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/jb261/32/7324_2.png) [@jb261](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/jb261)\
**Post date:** [5 February 2021 15:46 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/sometimes-find-this-in-checklists/14631/1 "2021-02-05T15:46:44Z")

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Sometimes I'll look at a note with a checklist and instead of  
`- []` in front of checklist items, I'll see `- [] \- \[\]`

I haven't identified any sequence of steps that causes this, so I can't provide replication steps, but figured I'd check if anyone else has noticed this. I've also noticed just the backslash `\` is sometimes inserted after a hyperlink or note link.

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**Author:** ![laurent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@laurent](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/laurent)\
**Post date:** [5 February 2021 16:14 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/sometimes-find-this-in-checklists/14631/2 "2021-02-05T16:14:16Z")

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If you write `- []` in the Rich Text editor it will come out escaped like this `\- \[\]` so could it be the issue?

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**Author:** ![jb261](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/jb261/32/7324_2.png) [@jb261](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/jb261)\
**Post date:** [5 February 2021 16:18 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/sometimes-find-this-in-checklists/14631/3 "2021-02-05T16:18:29Z")

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Yes, I can see that. But I almost never edit in the rich text editor. I think it may have to do with switching back and forth between markdown and rich text editors. I'll keep a closer eye on this and see if I can determine replication steps.

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**Author:** ![msbentley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/msbentley/32/1219_2.png) [@msbentley](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/msbentley)\
**Post date:** [6 February 2021 09:15 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/sometimes-find-this-in-checklists/14631/4 "2021-02-06T09:15:12Z")

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Yes, I had this a bit when switching back and forth between the editors. [This extension](https://github.com/benji300/joplin-persistent-layout) has helped me a lot - now I have set all of my imported Evernote (as html) notes to open automatically in the rich text editor, and by default I work on new notes in MD.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [8 March 2021 09:15 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/sometimes-find-this-in-checklists/14631/5 "2021-03-08T09:15:40Z")

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