You are going to have to provide more details then (as requested by Andrey) because I apply flags all the time in the Outline view and never see this message.
> -----Original Message----- > From: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com > [mailto:mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Clayton > Sent: 04 June 2011 6:20 PM > To: MyLifeOrganized > Subject: [MLO] Re: How to get around the "Task not found in current > outline view. Show all tasks in outline and try to find the task > again?" message > > > > No, I want to be able to apply flags in Outline unencumbered by any > dialog boxes - this has nothing to do with Search. > > > > On Jun 4, 5:40 pm, "Richard Collings" <r...@rcollings.co.uk> wrote: > > If I have understood the underlying requirement, you want to search > for > > tasks and only find those that are not completed? > > > > If so, there is a not very clear drop down above the Search results > on the > > left hand side where you can choose 'All except completed' which will > then > > only show uncompleted tasks in the search results. > > > > Does this work for you? > > > > Richard > > > > From: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marek > Jedlinski > > Sent: 03 June 2011 11:07 PM > > To: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: [MLO] Re: How to get around the "Task not found in > current > > outline view. Show all tasks in outline and try to find the task > again?" > > message > > > > Hi Andrey, > > > > I want to second Wesley's request. The steps are different in my > case, but > > the dialog box is the same: > > > > 1. Make sure "Hide completed tasks" is checked. (Completed tasks > should be > > hidden by now.) > > 2. Execute a search such that the search string appears in at least > one of > > the completed tasks. > > 3. Click a completed task in the search results. The following dialog > box is > > displayed: > > > > --------------------------- > > Confirm - MyLife Organized > > --------------------------- > > Task not found in current outline view. Show all tasks in outline and > try to > > find the task again? > > --------------------------- > > Yes No > > --------------------------- > > > > I have a large number of tasks, with a lot of them completed. I > almost > > always view the list as filtered (completed tasks hidden), As a > result, this > > dialog box tends to show up very often during my searches. > > > > I believe the assumption behind it is incorrect - namely, that I want > to see > > the completed tasks in the search results, and so I should be warned > when > > they are hidden. In reality it's the opposite: if I'm searching a > filtered > > list, I am not interested in tasks that do not match the filter. But > the > > dialog box pops up every time and is really quite annoying. > > > > And the worst thing about it is that if I click "No" in this dialog > box, it > > will pop up again when I select the next task in the search results. > This > > makes the list of search results practically unusable until I give up > and > > click "Yes" to un-filter the list. (But I don't want to un-filter the > list! > > I want to keep showing only incomplete tasks.) > > > > Such notifications are best implemented as non-modal (as a status bar > > message, for example), so that they do not stop the user's workflow. > Or, the > > dialog could have a "don't show this again" checkbox, which I would > check > > and never have to see it again. > > > > Side note: as a Windows application, MLO is somewhat odd in that it > does not > > make any use of the status bar at all. I'd love to see some brief > statistics > > there, for example (completed/incompleted task counts, etc.). I > imagine it > > could also be used to display notifications in cases like the above > in a > > non-intrusive way that does not block what I'm doing. > > > > Thanks so much for considering this request. > > marek > > > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 08:18, Andrey Tkachuk (MLO) > > > > <for...@mylifeorganized.net> wrote: > > > > This message is shown if you are trying to jump to a task which is > > hidden due to your current view settings or hide completed tasks > > settings. > > It is a warning that the task is not found in current view and the > > view will be changed (to not surprise user) > > > > Please provide exact steps where you see this message and you think > it > > should be removed. > > > > Andrey. > > > > On May 11, 4:25 pm, Michael Clayton > > > > <pers.rss.email.archi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > I have been trying to apply flags to various tasks in Outline View. > I > > > get the message in a dialog box every so often and I don't know how > to > > > stop it from going about my business. > > > > > I would appreciate any help - I'm new to MLO, > > > > > Thank you > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > <mailto:mylifeorganized%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . > > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > > Adelante Linguistic > Services:www.adls.plwww.tranglos.com|www.wolnewyrazy.pl > > alt. e-mail: ma...@tranglos.com > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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