diff --git a/pd/nw/todo.txt b/pd/nw/todo.txt
index a596f4465e930d245d74d617bb3972cd43911a4d..a44949a527dd8600b2e3eff039d4950d1c5bc960 100644
--- a/pd/nw/todo.txt
+++ b/pd/nw/todo.txt
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ Everything else: (A [x] means we've fixed it)
     plus all xlets. That way we can add an arg or two for the name and dir
     to find the help patch and get all descriptions in one goy
 [ ] make sure to free events in svg_free
+[ ] make scalars dig inside abstractions when they search the templatecanvas
+    for drawing commands.  This will make it possible to build abstraction
+    libraries for ds-gui widgets.
 
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