Click and drag on a widget to position it on your desktop manually, or click the green + (plus) icon on a widget to have it neatly positioned on the desktop alongside other widgets.

While these widgets are close to your desktop, they're not actually on your desktop: For that, you need a third-party tool called Widget Launcher.

While you can manage that to-do list from the text file yourself, editing your to-do list in a flat text file using an editor like Notepad.exe or TextEdit isn't the fastest or most ideal way to do so.

Why a To-Do List Desktop Widget Works I relied on pen and paper for a long time to keep track of my tasks—I still do for some things. But with more and more work piling up, I needed a better way ...