I have noticed a number of inconsistent behaviours when trying to add a new task within project and context perspectives, and hope that these will be fixed in an upcoming version of OF.
When in a project perspective, adding tasks works as expected - when I hit enter a new task is added below the currently selected task and the new task inherits the project and context of the currently selected task. Makes sense.
However, in context perspectives, this behaviour is quite different:
If Grouping by Project:
If âSidebar Selectionâ in the perspective menu has NO contexts selected, or several contexts selected:
Pressing enter, no mater which parameters are selected for your perspective, will do nothing â no inbox popup at top, wonât add a task. Does not matter which grouping, sorting, or filtering is set.
If Sidebar Selection has ONE context selected & Filter by âAny Statusâ:
Pressing enter adds a task in an inbox that pops in from the top rather than adding a task below the selected task. The context of the new task is set to whichever context I have selected in the sidebar selection, but the new task does NOT inherit the project of the selected task
If ONE context selected in sidebar & ANY âFilter by statusâ:
Pressing enter â task will be created at the top of the group for whichever task was selected. Inherits the context, but not the project, so when you âclean upâ, the task goes to the inbox
Grouping by Context:
No matter what parameters are selected in perspective:
When pressing enter a task will be created at the top of the context group for the task that is selected â this new task will have its context set to the groupâs context, but will not inherit any other properties
Dragging and Dropping:
You can drag and drop a task between groups in the task pane within a project perspective, but you cannot do this within a context perspective, no matter which grouping type is selected.
EXPECTATIONS
I would expect that in any perspective selecting a task and hitting enter would add a task directly below the selected task, and that new task would inherit the project/context settings of the selected task or project, or grouping. E.g. if the task selected is of project X, context Y, and is flagged, the new task added when hitting enter should have these same properties. Currently, you can do this in project perspectives (but the new task wonât inherit the âflaggedâ state of the selected task), but context perspectives behave very differently depending on which grouping, sorting, and filtering options are selected.
It also makes sense that you should be able to drag a task between groups in context perspectives, just as you can in project perspectives. E.g. if in a context perspective grouped by project, if you drag the task from one project to another it should move the task and change its project to the new project.
