conditional formatting with checkboxes - google-apps-script

Question

Is there a way to format a checkbox so that when it is "checked", The data in the column beside it will be moved to another column?

Answer 1

function onEdit(e) {
const sh = e.range.getSheet();
if (sh.getName() == 'Sheet1' && e.range.columnStart == 1 && e.value == 'TRUE') {
e.range.offset(0, 5).setValue(e.range.offset(0, 1).getValue());
e.range.offset(0, 1).setValue('');
e.range.setValue('FALSE');
}
}

Answer 2

As player0 mentioned, for this to work, you need Google Apps Script's Spreadsheet Service with the help of Event Objects.
The code below should work on the sample data below.
Sample data:
Code:
function onEdit(e) {
var sheet = e.source.getActiveSheet();
var range = e.range;
var column = range.getColumn();
// if edited data is in Sheet1 Column A and having value TRUE (checkbox ticked)
if (sheet.getName() == "Sheet1" && column == 1 && e.value == "TRUE") {
// get 1 column to the right of checkbox and assign to dataValue
var dataRange = range.offset(0, 1);
var dataValue = dataRange.getValue();
// get 3 columns to the right of dataValue and assign to transferToRange
var transferToRange = dataRange.offset(0, 3);
// set dataValue as value to transferToRange
transferToRange.setValue(dataValue);
// remove data from dataRange after
dataRange.setValue("");
}
}
Output:
Note:
Above code is just one of the many possible solutions you can create via Apps Script.
Read Apps Script for more information.
References:
Spreadsheet Service
Event Objects