Checkvist story

OPML import and a handful of fixes

The only new feature in this update is OPML import. We thought it would be rather important to support two-way integration with, let’s say your favorite desktop outliner and Checkvist. Please bear in mind that this file format is not strict, and sometimes importing/exporting OPML needs some manual fine-tuning.

With OPML import you can:

1. Backup your checklist offline and import it back if needed. Statuses, notes, coloring - all this stuff can be exported and than imported, so the list presentation will stay intact.
2. Provide some interoperability with other outliner tools. For example, Checkvist understands some non-standard attributes from OmniOutliner.

Besides, many Checkvist reviews claimed that it supports OPML import. We had to turn these claims into the truth.

We’ve also made several minor fixes, which are worth mentioning:

• Fixed wrong outline numbering after closing/opening/editing a task in Safari/Chrome
• Fixed recently damaged keyboard support in Opera (version 9.5 and newer should work flawlessly now)
• Delete a task when the user has deleted its text (in the editing mode) and pressed Enter (or Save)
• Fixed a curious interaction bug: pressing TAB could totally conceal a task if there was a hidden completed node above it
• Support Shift+1, Shift+2, Shift+3 for setting background color (in addition to 1,2,3 for foreground color)
• Option to export color. For plain text export this option is not supported, for Confluence Wiki background color is exported as foreground color, for OPML we add ‘color’ and ‘bgColor’ attributes to an outline element
• Fixed a nasty bug introduced by the previous update when task status change was incorrectly reported in notification e-mails
• Added the explicit “Rename” command to the options for checklist modifications (which are available on title hovering)
• Show a message on clicking the toolbar “add notes” link when no task is selected
• In the View options popup the whole line is clickable, not only its text
• Fixed a bug in URL parsing - now several URLs are recognized within task/note text
• After pasting (or duplicating) a task with Ctrl+V/Ctrl-D we set selection to the duplicate and scroll to it.

And we’d like to say huge thanks to all those people who send us emails with feature requests and bug reports, who participate in the user forum, tweet @checkvist_news, and leave comments on this blog. Your help and feedback help us greatly. Thank you!