The following workaround might work (will experiment): - tag all recurring tasks (or subtasks) with text tag "unstar"; subtasks inherit parent start date (even if they have dependencies) - build a weekly cleanup view - filter for text tag = "unstar" AND StartDateTime > today - clear star manually
Wolfgang schrieb am Donnerstag, 11. September 2025 um 14:05:39 UTC+2: > Still thinking about this. In case a recurring task has subtasks, these > have to be unstarred too. I've thought about a workaround, a maintenance > list of starred tasks that need to be unstarred manually. However, I can't > find a filter to achieve this. > > Recurring task: Clean room (recurs every two weeks) > Subtask A: Wipe boards (start date from parent) > Subtask B: Wipe floor (depends on A) > > When A becomes active, I star it and subsequently complete it (A is off > the list with star still set). B becomes active, gets starred, when done > disappears from the list, still starred. On next occurrence, both tasks are > already starred. > > I can mark the subtasks for manual unstarring using a text tag, but I > can't find a way to filter only subtasks from recurring tasks that aren't > already in progress. To be clear, if a recurring task has its start date in > the future and it or any of its subtasks are starred, then put them on the > list (provided they have the unstar tag set). > > Any thoughts on this? > > aiM schrieb am Montag, 23. Januar 2023 um 14:03:25 UTC+1: > >> If you are using star or flag in "manual mode", you need to un-star or >> un-flag right before clicking complete. On iOS and Android, the flag and >> star are automatically in the todo views (flags are in the add-in package, >> stars are standard). In desktop, if your todo view doesn't show the flag or >> star fields, just add the field (by right clicking on the other field >> names) and save the view. >> On Monday, January 2, 2023 at 4:07:33 AM UTC-6 Wolfgang wrote: >> >>> Same situation here. >>> >>> - recurring task "take medicine": starred by default (needs to show up >>> in Active Starred view, i.e. daily tasks, automatically) >>> - recurring task "sweep floor": will be starred manually (from Active >>> Tasks view) when I feel like it, and star must be cleared on completion >>> >>> In Active Starred view, I can either complete the task or clear the >>> star, but not both (either operation will remove the task from the view). I >>> thought that this might be possible with the new triggers in MLO 6, >>> but it's not, at least for now. >>> >>> [email protected] schrieb am Freitag, 22. Juli 2022 um 10:34:23 UTC+2: >>> >>>> I think the solution for the problem above is a simple new >>>> functionality: >>>> >>>> *[FEATURE REQUEST] Advanced recurrence - toggles to remove star / flag >>>> with task completion* >>>> >>>> In the *advanced options for recurrence*, there is a toggle switch for >>>> a *completed copy*. >>>> >>>> I propose there should be *two additional toggle switches* added next >>>> to it: >>>> - *remove star* - removes star from the task when an occurrence is >>>> completed >>>> - *remove flag* - removes flag from the task when an occurrence is >>>> completed >>>> >>>> All these three toggles should be independent. >>>> >>>> The remove star / flag functionality should remove the star / flag only >>>> form the "live task", meaning when combined with completed copy enabled, >>>> the completed copy will remain starred / flagged and only the next >>>> recurrence will have the star / flag cleared. >>>> This is not important for my use case in any way, it's just that it >>>> makes more sense this way then also resetting the completed copy and it >>>> also makes the new feature backwards compatible with existing custom views >>>> etc. >>>> >>>> Please please please MLO team, I think this makes sense, is clearly / >>>> logically needed and might not be that hard to implement I imagine. >>>> >>>> R. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, 20 July 2022 at 10:15:08 UTC+2 Radek Pilich wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oh, and one important thing... >>>>> >>>>> ...thinking about it now - it's clear to me, that I will have to use >>>>> stars for this, and dedicate some maintenance time to remove the stars >>>>> from >>>>> recently completed recurring tasks... >>>>> >>>>> ...which is where the second part of the problem with handling >>>>> reccuring tasks comes - reccuring tasks with recently completed >>>>> reccurance >>>>> don't show up on the recently completed list! >>>>> >>>>> They only show on the recently modified list, where they are mixed >>>>> together with all other modifications to the tasks, so it is not possible >>>>> to simply select the recently completed tasks from that list either. >>>>> >>>>> Anyways, I will test drive this and see how it goes. As I generally >>>>> tackle tasks only once they are past due, it might be possible to filter >>>>> out recurring tasks with future due date and unstar those. >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, 18 July 2022 at 20:01:06 UTC+2 Radek Pilich wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I don't know how to select a couple of tasks to work on next from a >>>>>> list of recurring tasks. >>>>>> >>>>>> It's easy to use flags for this with non-recurring tasks, as once the >>>>>> task is completed, the assigned flag doesn't matter that much. The same >>>>>> goes for using the starred function for this. >>>>>> >>>>>> However that's not true with recurring tasks, as the currently >>>>>> assigned flag / star will stay with the task even for next recurrance, >>>>>> which is not wanted in this case, as in time of next recurrance I want >>>>>> to >>>>>> do the prioritization from the tasks default state rather than from the >>>>>> "selected todo" state. >>>>>> >>>>>> This bothers me a lot. MLOv4 on Android is pretty much the definitive >>>>>> solution to allow me have my life activities organized and handled. I >>>>>> have >>>>>> migrated all the habits and tasks into it, created contexts, tags, >>>>>> views, >>>>>> inboxes..... dozens and dozens of hours of work. Everything is pretty >>>>>> solid. >>>>>> >>>>>> This one fatal flaw however makes it not easily possible to do daily >>>>>> tactical prioritization and take action on recurring tasks. Which again >>>>>> makes me inescapably overwhelmed by the system and therefore much less >>>>>> effective than I would be if it was simple to put a few tasks into the >>>>>> "actions for next few dozens of hours" bucket by tapping on them in the >>>>>> widgets. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any advice / ideas on how to deal with this? >>>>>> >>>>>> I already use flags for more static / long term prioritization, >>>>>> although there is always possibility for additional flag for the >>>>>> "actions >>>>>> for next few dozens of hours" list, the problem is, that every task >>>>>> should >>>>>> have a flag assigned, so this next action flag would have to work as >>>>>> temporary override of the standard flag. >>>>>> >>>>>> Similarly, I already use stars for "arming" tasks to be worked on, >>>>>> i.e. I might have a habit of riding a bike every 15 days, which will be >>>>>> starred during march - october, but in november - febuary, I will take >>>>>> the >>>>>> star off. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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