Make interactive checkboxes in Libreoffice Writer like in Microsoft Word

[Stephan3]

To answer this thread:

In Write how to insert check boxes

I want to make a simple TO DO list with empty boxes at the beginning so that I can check off finished items. In Word this was so simple to do, but when I went to help for LibreOffice I cannot find anything that fits. Frankly, I find LibreOffice Help to be written for advanced programmers and not your everyday user. So…can you help with a simple explanation?

and this:

Is there any way to make checkboxes that work in both Microsoft Word and Libre Writer? [keywords: content control, form control]

In Microsoft Word, I can add a checkbox via ‘Content Control’ which can be clicked on and it will check and uncheck a box. When this file is opened in Libre Writer, it appears as a placeholder and cannot be checked or interacted with. In Libre Writer, I can add a checkbox via ‘Form Control’ which can be clicked on and it will check and uncheck a box. When this file is opened in Microsoft Word, it gives an error and cannot be opened. Steps to reproduce in Word: In Microsoft Word, enable th…

I have a simple solution:
To get the same behaviour and the same appearance like the Word checkboxes - use the Word checkboxes. Copy them from a Word document that you have opened with Libreoffice Writer - and paste them into a random Writer document, or make an Autotext entry from it.

These checkboxes are clickable and follow the font size of the text around them. Works with Libreoffice Writer 7.2. I have not yet tried newer versions.

For me it is a mystery why there seems to be no way inside Writer to produce that checkbox - which is obviously supported - by itself.

Stephan

[mikekaganski]

???
Form → Content Controls → Checkbox?

Ah, “I have not yet tried newer versions” explains the “mystery”. Criticizing something, when you use such an old version, may create awkward situations like this, when the feature you claim “no way” has appeared more than two years ago.

[Stephan3]

Really? Have you ever tried that? It is a torture, compared to the Word checkboxes.

[mikekaganski]

Can you explain, instead of writing something that is just words?

[Villeroy]

@Stephan3

It is a torture, compared to the Word checkboxes.

Notice the difference between
Form>Checkbox and
Form>Content Controls>Checkbox.

[Stephan3]

Oh no, this is really embarrassing.
And it is available as of Libreoffice 7.4?
Perhaps you could leave this thread behind for people who are as lazy in updating as I am…
Thank you!

[Villeroy]

IMHO, the content controls are placed in the wrong menu, because they have nothing in common with the database forms of menu “Form”. I would move that submenu to the “Insert” menu. Menues are customizable.
Tools>Customize… tab “Menu”
On the left side, search for “content control”
On the right side, create a new submenu of “Insert” and select it.
Then move the menu items from left to right.
Finally, select “Forms” on the right side and move submenu “Content Controls” to the left “into the command pool”.