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Manual-mode reordering now uses declarative drag-and-drop (ui.dragSource / ui.dropZone, plugin_api 5) instead of the two-click grip; also folds in the 0.0.8 crash-loop fix (strike() gated on utf8.len) and an onExit autosave flush. Translation keys nested for the validator. Co-authored-by: nightwatch75 <nightwatch75@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
To Do
A noctalia v5 bar plugin: a prioritised to-do list. Click the bar glyph to toggle a panel of task rows — add tasks with +, tick them off (the text is struck through), delete them, and set each task's priority. The list is kept sorted by priority and stored as a single JSON file; no external commands are run.
Plugin
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | nightwatch75/todo |
| Entries | Bar widget: todo; panel: panel |
Usage
Add the todo widget from Noctalia's widget picker and click it to open the
task panel. You can also open the panel directly or bind it in your compositor:
noctalia msg panel-toggle nightwatch75/todo:panel
| Action | Effect |
|---|---|
| Left click (bar glyph) | Open/close the To Do panel |
| + (panel header) | Add a new task and start typing it |
| Sort toggle (panel header) | Switch ordering between Priority and Manual |
| Colour chip (row) | Cycle the task's priority: important → medium → low |
| ☰ grip (row, manual only) | Drag the row to a new position (reorder) |
| Click the text, or ✎ (pencil) | Edit the task's text |
| Enter, or ✓ (row) | Commit the edit — the row goes back to a static line |
| ☐ / ☑ button (row) | Toggle done/to-do (done tasks are struck through) |
| 🗑 button (row) | Delete the task |
Priorities
Each task carries a priority, shown at the start of the row as a small coloured square. Click the square to cycle it. A legend at the foot of the panel maps each colour to its category:
| Priority | Colour |
|---|---|
| Important | red |
| Medium | amber |
| Low | green |
Ordering
The panel header carries a toggle that switches between two ordering modes; the choice is remembered.
- Priority (default) — rows are sorted by priority: important first, then medium, then low. Changing a task's priority moves it into its new group but keeps its position relative to its peers; equal-priority rows are never reshuffled. No grips are shown.
- Manual — rows keep the order you give them. Each row grows a ☰ grip on the left; here changing a priority only recolours the chip and never moves the row.
Priority mode is only a view: the stored order is always the manual one, so switching between the two modes (as often as you like) never loses your custom ordering.
Reordering in manual mode
Grab a row by its ☰ grip and drag it. Thin insertion zones open up between the rows as you drag; drop the row on one to move it there. This uses noctalia's declarative drag-and-drop, which needs plugin API ≥ 5.
Editing
Rows are static lines by default. Click a task's text (or its ✎ pencil button) to edit it; press Enter or the ✓ button to commit back to a static line. A new task (+) opens straight into edit mode — committing it while still empty simply discards it. Edits are also autosaved after a short idle pause and on close.
Tick a task (☐ → ☑) to complete it — its text is struck through until you un-tick it. The bar glyph's tooltip shows how many tasks are still to do.
Storage
Tasks live in one file, todo.json, inside the configured To Do folder
(default ~/Documents/Todo). It is a small JSON object,
{ "version": 2, "sort": "priority" | "manual", "tasks": [ … ] }, where tasks
is the array of { id, text, priority, done } objects (in manual order) — easy
to read, hand-edit, sync, or back up. An older plain-array file is still read
automatically. The plugin runs no external programs.
Settings
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| To Do folder | Where todo.json is stored (default ~/Documents/Todo). |
| Bar glyph | The glyph shown for the widget on the bar. |
Install
Install To Do from Noctalia's plugin store (Settings → Plugins), then add the widget to a bar from Settings → Bar. Plugin options live in Settings → Plugins.
For local development, add your working copy as a path source instead
(.luau edits hot-reload):
noctalia msg plugins source add dev path /path/to/plugins
noctalia msg plugins enable nightwatch75/todo
Requirements
- noctalia with plugin API ≥ 5 (declarative drag-and-drop)
- No external dependencies
License
MIT.