# 'X' checklists don't toggle

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-checklists-dont-toggle/270851
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** checklist
**Created:** [July 4, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-checklists-dont-toggle/270851 "2023-07-04T17:48:35Z")
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### Author: ![michellefs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michellefs/32/234543_2.png) [@michellefs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michellefs)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-checklists-dont-toggle/270851/1 "2023-07-04T17:48:35Z")

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I was wondering if you had one box checked with a capital X, would all others check in the same style? It seems not, and in testing that theory, I discovered…

> [@Discourse Checklist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-checklist/36362/1):
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> You can also keep checking/unchecking boxes on the same post without having to refresh the page.

…the checked box with fill does _not_ uncheck (outside of removing the X from within the editor pane). Is that intentional? What would be the use case for this variation? The odd thing is that the cursor still changes to a hand when you hover over the check box…

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-checklists-dont-toggle/270851/2 "2023-07-07T05:44:04Z")

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That’s interesting. I wonder if that’s so you can ‘lock in’ an answer? The cursor changing to a hand would be misleading in that case though.

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Checking out the class and a bit of the code, it seems the `[X]` ones get a `permanent` added to them:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/3/f/73fbaa9cd03e2b129723a17ccb3f2d53f12b28b0.png)

So I think it may be right that they don’t toggle, and it’s the ‘hovering hand’ that’s the oddity.

I’ll make a note to add this to the plugin topic. 🙂 👍
