# Filter todo tasks

**URL:** <https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/t/filter-todo-tasks/634>\
**Category:** FoldingText\
**Tags:** node-path, query, plugin, extension\
**Created:** [March 31, 2016, 9:51am UTC](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/t/filter-todo-tasks/634 "2016-03-31T09:51:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![zapatoche](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/ebca7d/32.png) [@zapatoche](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/u/zapatoche)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:51am UTC](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/t/filter-todo-tasks/634/1 "2016-03-31T09:51:20Z")

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Hi there

I use FoldingText as a project management tool, making notes and todo lists as I go along.  
Is there a way to filter and show uncompleted todo items quickly?

I’ve installed the filter plugin but i can’t seem to make it work for todo items.  
I prefer the github markdown syntax which means task are not marked @done automatically

I’m trying to understand the node path queries.

With the following content:

```auto
- [] test
- [] test
- [x] test
- test
- test @done(2016-03-31)

```

and the following query:

```auto
/@mode = todo//not @done

```

I can filter the todo items. But I can’t find out how to filter out the - [x] ones.

Cheers

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**Author:** ![dR0o7](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@dR0o7](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/u/dR0o7)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/t/filter-todo-tasks/634/2 "2017-01-15T16:59:07Z")

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I’m doing it this way :

```
//task not @done and not @line contains "[x]"
```

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**Author:** ![zapatoche](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/ebca7d/32.png) [@zapatoche](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/u/zapatoche)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/t/filter-todo-tasks/634/3 "2017-05-24T13:27:54Z")

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Back in folding text so thank you 🙂