Why does TaskList generate a disabled checkbox?

[fkoji]

Question

The <input type="checkbox"> elements converted - [ ] using TaskList extension have a disabled attribute. Is this an expected behavior?

[colinodell]

Yes, this behavior is expected and intentional: https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark/blob/1.5.7/src/Extension/TaskList/TaskListItemMarkerRenderer.php#L39

This aligns with other Markdown parsers (like Markdig) which have the ability to render checkboxes but don't offer functionality to update the Markdown contents when the checkboxes are clicked. Once #511 is implemented I'd feel comfortable making these non-disabled by default.

[fkoji]

Thank you for your reply. For now, I'm going to use JavaScript to update the attributes.