What's that 0/1 next to a note in the version 3.6.11

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Operating system

Windows

Joplin version

3.6.11

Desktop version info

Joplin 3.6.11 (prod, win32)

Device: win32, 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
Client ID: 0975f7fe71ab4522b6b3a78e3410beee
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 49
Keychain Supported: Yes
Alternative instance ID: -
Sync target: (None)
Editor: Markdown

Revision: 7f6fda7

Admonition markdown extension: 1.1.0
Backup: 1.5.1
Combine notes: 1.2.3
Convert Text To New Note: 1.5.1
Copy Code Blocks: 2.1.0
Create and go to tags and @notebooks: 1.3.7
Freehand Drawing: 4.3.0
Joplin Batch: 0.2.2
Life Calendar: 1.5.1
Math Mode: 1.0.0
Note Tabs: 1.4.0
Outline: 1.5.15
Quick Links: 1.3.2
Record: 1.5.0
Slash Commands: Datetime & More: 1.5.1
Templates: 3.0.0
Text Colorize: 1.2.5
turnToChart: 1.9.3

What issue do you have?

I upgraded from 3.5.13 to 3.6.11 today and I noticed strange things. What's this circle next to the note and what does 0/1 mean when I hover over it?

Screenshots

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nothing happens when I try to click it

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its an indicator show how many completed tasks the note has (if the note contains task list items)

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See also: Checklist completion (on/off) setting for todos missing · Issue #15293 · laurent22/joplin · GitHub

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OK, so it seems to be a bug. I suppose it catches the following string: [ ], but then the contents of my note is:

| Switch to basic search | One drawback of Full Text Search is that it ignores most non-alphabetical characters. However in some cases you might want to search for this too. To do that, you can use basic search. You switch to this mode by prefixing your search with a slash `/`. This won't provide the benefits of FTS but it will allow searching exactly for what you need. Note that it can also be much slower, even extremely slow, depending on your query. | `/"- [ ]"` - will return all the notes that contain unchecked checkboxes. |

It's just an exempt. Maybe it should catch the string only at the beginning of a line (trimmed out of spaces), or exclude matches inside of a monospace text?

Do you agree it's a bug?

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