Auto Sort Checked Items

Auto Sort Checked Items

An Obsidian plugin that replicates Apple Notes' "Automatically sort checked items" behavior: when you check off a to-do item, it automatically moves to the bottom of the list so your focus stays on what's left to do.

Features

• ✅ Auto-reorder — Checked items slide to the bottom of their checkbox group
• 🪆 Nesting-aware — Items with sub-items move as a group, and indented items reorder within their own level
• ↩️ Clean undo — Cmd/Ctrl+Z undoes both the check and the move in one step

Demo

Before checking "Buy groceries":

- [ ] Buy groceries
- [ ] Call dentist
- [ ] Finish report
- [x] Send email

After:

- [ ] Call dentist
- [ ] Finish report
- [x] Buy groceries
- [x] Send email

Nested lists work too — checking a parent moves it along with all its children:

- [ ] Project A
  - [ ] Task 1
  - [ ] Task 2
- [ ] Project B

Check "Project A" →

- [ ] Project B
- [x] Project A
  - [ ] Task 1
  - [ ] Task 2

Installation

Manual

1. Download main.js and manifest.json from the latest release
2. Create a folder called checkbox-reorder in your vault's .obsidian/plugins/ directory
3. Place both files inside it
4. In Obsidian, go to Settings → Community Plugins and enable "Checkbox Reorder"

From source

git clone https://github.com/tom-un/obsidian-checkbox-reorder.git
cd obsidian-checkbox-reorder
npm install
npm run build

Then copy the folder (or symlink it) into your vault's .obsidian/plugins/ directory.

Development

npm run dev    # Watch mode — rebuilds on file changes
npm run build  # Production build

License

MIT