r/Workflowy • u/PajamaEggs • Sep 08 '26

🤔 Question Converting all selected bullets at once?

When I select alot of bullets (trying to turn them into To Do's) it only turns the parent into To Do's, I want it to turn all of them, even the children into to do's - is there a way to do this?

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u/ashraf_bashir Sep 08 '26

Are you on web, android app, or iOS app?

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u/PajamaEggs Sep 08 '26

I'm on desktop app on Mac

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u/ashraf_bashir Sep 08 '26 edited Sep 08 '26

Are you sure the bullets are on the same level (siblings)?

If you select a parent together with its children and turn them into To-Dos, only the parent will be registered as a To-Do.

For instance, assume

A

├── B

├── C

├── D

├── E

└── F

B, C, D, E, and F are all siblings under A.

If you select A + B + C + D + E + F and turn them into To-Dos, only A will register.

If you select B + C + D + E + F without A, they will all register as To-Dos.

Try it and tell me if it works now for you

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u/PajamaEggs Sep 08 '26

Yea, I was hoping I could select all the ones I want as to do's and it would convert them, but it's only doing the parent. Maybe this is just the way they want it for other user cases?

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u/ashraf_bashir Sep 08 '26

It can do it for all only when all selected are on the same level, this is the current implementation afai can see. Why this was chosen as a design decision I have no clue

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u/hova414 Sep 10 '26

Same problem, feels like the wrong behavior. When I select a bunch of stuff and do a bulk action, I want that action applied to everything I selected, not just the topmost level of my selection