Custom fields and ability to filter / group using it would be awesome!!!!
It will take MLO to the next level
On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 at 23:57:10 UTC-7 patricio...@gmail.com wrote:
> hi All, sharing some ideas here too, mainly thought for MLO Windows
> version:
>
> - there should a simple/easy shortcut for switching through 'completed
> task hidden', 'old completed task hidden', 'completed task shown' (probably
> easy to implement, and high value added type of feature) note: I solved it
> since I use autohotkey, so found a way to toggle that setting through the
> keyboard.
>
> - filters available at the top in the toolbar section, ideally fully
> customizable which filters you can have there OR make columns name filters
> (like in Excel, that would be super powerful!), but at min the ability to
> filter by 'due date', 'importance', 'goal', 'status', 'context' would be
> super productive. (I know you can set them from the Advance filters
> feature, but the ability to have handy at just 1-click would make a huge
> difference)
>
> - ability to change 'status' field values from the main view (like you can
> change due date) without the need to go to the properties panel on the
> right. <-- generalizing this: any field that have a list of predefine
> values should be possible to be updated from the main view
>
> - status field available in any task w/o the need to make it a project.
>
> - 'Group by' popup should probably have a grid (instead of the current
> controls), such that you can easily move up/down the fields you want to
> group by, that would be much easier to set up and update as needed. Even
> with the grid you can keep the limit of only 4 group by levels.
>
> - warning, game changer idea :-), a calendar view, I know and use the
> ability to sync up with Google Calendar, it works like a charm indeed,
> bi-directional update, just amazing, I agree, BUT, I think having a
> built-in calendar view would take the app to the next level well beyond
> competitors, this is the idea:
> -- first the basic features you 'would expect' in any calendar view:
> --- a section on the calendar page from where you can see your list of
> tasks, such that you can drop into the calendar the ones you want
> --- ability to drag and drop tasks from any day/time to another day/time
> --- the 'typical' day/weekly/monthly views
> --- ability to filter the tasks as you can do in the existing views <--
> this is the big difference / value add in comparison to use Google
> Calendar, meaning Google Calendar is great, but you can't take advantage of
> all the MLO filtering features, that's why a built-in calendar in MLO would
> be simply awesome
> -- NEW (AND IMHO HIGH VALUE ADDED) IDEA:
> --- when you drop a task (either from the backlog, or move one that was
> already in the calendar) into a time slot that already had a task, a domino
> effect is triggered that would move the tasks sequentially:
> any existing tasks that were already in the calendar on the same time slot
> would moved automatically. e.g. if I have a task that goes from 2pm to 3pm,
> and place in that same slot a 30 mins task at 2pm, then the existing one
> would automatically move to 2:30 to 3:30pm, same would happen with any task
> that was after 3:30, basically when you place a task in the calendar (or
> move an existing one) you create a domino effect...(that's not available in
> any calendar app I have tried so far). tasks that fall from Day 1 would
> automatically move to Day 2, etc
> --- ability to control the 'domino effect': flag available at the task
> level to keep the task unchanged if you place another task in that same
> slot, or by tasks moved due to the domino effect. Basically (it could be by
> default) each task has a flag that protects from being automatically moved
> by the domino effect, but you have the option to uncheck that protection
> such that the domino effect will move it. Real life example, you plan 3
> things for day 1, ('enjoy time with the family', 'go running', and 'study
> machine learning'), and you only complete the first 2, so you move 'study
> machine learning' to day 2 where you already had tasks planned, those tasks
> that were already in day 2 are automatically pushed down based on the
> duration assigned to 'study machine learning' and the time slot you place
> it.
> -- another neat feature would be to have Quarterly/Yearly/Next N Years
> views that allow you to plan at that level e.g an outcome I'd like to
> achieve the next quarter, the next second quarter, the next year, you get
> the idea, etc...
>
> - and finally of course, :-), custom fields, it was already asked by many
> people already, so +1. Ability to create custom fields of different types
> (dates, list of text, list of numbers), then able to filter and/or group
> using the custom fields. Custom fields on top of existing MLO features
> would simply be 'rock and roll baby!' :-)
>
> On Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 9:44:40 PM UTC-3 kunk...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I had submitted one of these feature requests in the past; but will
>> repost it:
>>
>> **Option to make task defer to parent's notes.*
>> What I mean is that, I like my parent folder to have all my case notes
>> (phone logs, observation notes, etc). The parent folder has many
>> subtasks. Those subtasks are simple todos though -- they *never *have
>> notes. So if one of those subtasks is currently selected, the notes pane
>> should display the notes for its parent folder. This would be a task-level
>> option; not an outline-level option. I can explain more if it helps.
>>
>> **Only one folder from this branch can be expanded at a time. *
>> If I have many folders, or subfolders, of the same level (i.e. all
>> siblings of the same branch), then only one of them can be expanded at a
>> time. If I expand one, the other one collapses automatically. This would
>> be an outline-level setting. It would have to be easy to turn this setting
>> on and off.
>>
>> **Rich Text in Notes. *
>> I tried getting used to Markdown, but it just doesn't work for me. I
>> need to be able to *edit *the notes and *see *them at the same time.
>>
>> Thanks for considering.
>>
>> *Stay Strong Ukraine!!!*
>> -steve
>>
>
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