Updating actions to in progress status?

[markb]

I frequently work on several actions switching between them and would like to display them as being in progress, so I can then use a perspective as needed. Ideally I want it to work on Mac and iOs. Is there a quick way of setting a status without using a flag? Else I have to go to each activity, add a new tag and then of course remove it later. I had considered the new extra tag that can be added to the Today perspective but prefer to keep that for ultra urgent stuff.

Thanks for any advice.

Regards

Mark

[wilsonng]

Not sure if this is what you’re looking for?

@Kourosh talks about using a script to toggle a tag on or off here.

https://www.usingomnifocus.com/2019/02/toggling-any-tag-with-a-key-command/

This would be similar to the OmniFocus flag where you can flag or unflag a task.

It requires Keyboard Maestro to trigger the AppleScript. I haven’t tried it but you might be able to trick MacOS X by setting a keyboard shortcut via System Preferences > Keyboard >
Shortcuts to trigger the AppleScript.

[markb]

Thanks for the tip, but looking for something more obvious built-in, the only thing that springs to mind is using a simple prefix like ! before a tag and setting it quickly. I want to do the same on iPad and iPhone so it should be as simple as possible.