# Very Laggy Checkboxes

**URL:** <https://community.bear.app/t/very-laggy-checkboxes/18131>\
**Category:** Bear Bug Report\
**Created:** [August 27, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/very-laggy-checkboxes/18131 "2025-08-27T16:28:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![yurivish](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/yurivish/32/5383_2.png) [@yurivish](https://community.bear.app/u/yurivish)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/very-laggy-checkboxes/18131/1 "2025-08-27T16:28:35Z")

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- **Bear Version** : Version 2.5.1 (13605) (pro)
- **OS Version** : 15.6.1 (24G90)
- **What were you doing** : I have a note containing 250 checkboxes in a big list, with some newlines scattered throughout. 100 of them are checked off.
- **What feature did you use** : I completed a checkbox.
- **What happened** : Bear freezes for between 1 and 2 seconds before the checkbox completes and moves to the bottom
- **What did you expect to happen** : Instant checkbox completion

The same note works with no appreciable latency or freezing on iOS when completing checkboxes.

Here’s a file that reproduces the issue for me if pasted into a new note:

[repro.md](https://community.bear.app/uploads/short-url/r8C3ABrruxwxVeHA4JRMMBn2Pxu.md) (2.5 KB)

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**Author:** ![yurivish](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/yurivish/32/5383_2.png) [@yurivish](https://community.bear.app/u/yurivish)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/very-laggy-checkboxes/18131/2 "2025-09-02T15:58:02Z")

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Here’s how it looks if I want to complete 4 checkboxes in a new note:

![Screenshot 2025-09-02 at 11.56.21](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/6/64d51c8e6362acda0e2d064ee27d228d2dd87046.gif)

And here’s how it looks with my real to-dos.

The time between clicks is spent waiting for Bear to unfreeze:

![Screenshot 2025-09-02 at 11.55.52](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/3/3dd0c73de7bfc23725305e7f0ab2de3da400f2d9.gif)

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**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/very-laggy-checkboxes/18131/3 "2025-09-03T07:24:50Z")

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Hello and thanks for reporting this issue. I can see some animation delay on retina displays and we’ll check as soon as possible.

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**Author:** ![yurivish](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/yurivish/32/5383_2.png) [@yurivish](https://community.bear.app/u/yurivish)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/very-laggy-checkboxes/18131/4 "2025-09-03T11:17:41Z")

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Thanks! I usually use Bear on my laptop connected to a large high-dpi external monitor but your comment prompted me to try on my 15” MBP screen and sure enough, it still freezes for a bit but is noticeably faster – so maybe the delay is proportional to the screen size (making the window smaller doesn’t seem to change the timing).

Thanks for looking into it!