Moving an existing task to Inbox

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#1

I have created a folder called “Someday/Maybe” that contains projects like “Books to Read”, etc.

When I drag a task from one of these projects and drop it on the Inbox sidebar, it gets placed in a single action list called Miscellaneous and not in my Inbox.

I already have “Next Actions” single action lists in each of my other folders which represent my Areas of Focus.

Should I be able to do this? Inbox is where all non processed items should begin when they become active in my mind…

#2

I’m not seeing this behavior. Are you sure you’re dropping it precisely on the Inbox icon?

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#3

Do you have “clean up actions when…” set in the preferences to both a project and a context or just a context?

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#4

I figured it out.

I had a project called “Books to Read” that was on hold and had a Context of “Someday/Maybe”. All the tasks in jot (each one a book) were Active with a Context of “SomeDay/Maybe”.

I guess moving it to Inbox with a Context caused it to move immediately out, even without automatic cleanup set (which it isn’t). Since it had no Project, OF created a Single Action List one called Miscellaneous and placed it there.

Deleting the Context from the “Books to Read” Context and all the tasks gives me the expected behavior.

Thanks!

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#5

Is that a special/advance build @KyleS? I don’t see a setting to make due/due soon counters appear next to contexts, and this seems like it would be useful.

Is there a setting I’m missing, or do I be patient? Or have I been unset form getting test builds?

Thanks!

ScottyJ

#6

Nope, it’s the most recent public release of OmniFocus 2.0.2.

The checkbox to enable counts in the sidebar is on the Notifications tab of Preferences.

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#7

Schooled, thanks! :)

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