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Markdown: todo list not Showing in Jupyter Notebook Cell in VSCode

On the github.docs I saw that it is possible to create markdown todo-lists as follows

- [ ] my first task
- [ ] my second task

When I am trying this in VSCode in a .ipynb Markdown cell, it doesn't render the todo-list. So it basically does not show rendered square but rather shows it just as I typed it in. So it does show it as this

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but not as this

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I am using the Jupyter extension for VSCode.

I think it has to do something with this extension. However, rendering a table for example works. Also including pictures and basically any other Markdown command I tried. Only the todo-list does not.

Can anyone help with this?

Solution

  • According to this GitHub issue, VSCode does not support markdown todo-lists out of the box. However, you can use the Markdown Checkbox extension, which renders todo-lists in .ipynb Markdown cells.

    For reference, this is what the result looks like.