Re: Why doesn't clicking the space or X in an org-mode checkbox result in toggling the checkbox state?

[Stefan Kangas]

James Lu <jamtlu@gmail.com> writes:

> It makes sense that one might want to click "TODO" or "DONE" without toggling 
> state: you might want to change the text.
>
> But why does clicking the checkbox (- [ ]) not toggle the X? There isn't a 
> valid state for the checkbox other than the X.
>
> * TODO
>  - [ ] Item
>  - [ ] Item
>
> Maybe clicking the brackets should toggle too.
>
> I suppose sometimes you may click with the intention to change the 
> indentation, but they can click elsewhere for that.
>
> This seems unnecessarily insufferable.

Perhaps you will have better luck raising this on the org-mode mailing list?