Ability to add tasks to Smart Lists
chadcrowell says:
I'd like to be able to add tasts while looking at a smart list, maybe even that it inherits certain traits that put the other tasks on that list.
So if there is a smartlist for items with tag:work and priority:1, the new task would automatically inherit those traits.
So if there is a smartlist for items with tag:work and priority:1, the new task would automatically inherit those traits.
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emily (Remember The Milk) says:
emily (Remember The Milk) says:
You can now add tasks to Smart Lists (with inheritance!). Please see our blog post.
Having embraced smart lists to the point that all of my items are in one list and viewed via various smart list filters, I have found the inability to add a new task to be frustrating, too.
Ideally, I'd like a way to add a new item that was consistent with the active smart list, and I'd like to be able to create a totally blank task.
I haven't got any bright ideas about how to implement this, which is the main reason I haven't posted about it yet, but I wanted to chime in with Chad that he has a good point.
Ideally, I'd like a way to add a new item that was consistent with the active smart list, and I'd like to be able to create a totally blank task.
I haven't got any bright ideas about how to implement this, which is the main reason I haven't posted about it yet, but I wanted to chime in with Chad that he has a good point.
emily (Remember The Milk) says:
The reason that it's not possible to add to Smart Lists is that they're virtual lists, and each task needs to reside in a real list. As a Smart List can contain tasks from any number of lists, it's impossible to know which list the new task should be added to.
Inheriting traits is a pretty cool idea though, Chad!
Inheriting traits is a pretty cool idea though, Chad!
ccaine says:
I see the problem of not knowing which list to add the task to as you describe above. However, I think it would be worth adding the extra step of asking the user which list the new task added on a virtual list should be added to.