My workflow is to dump all incoming actions into a project called “Orders Up!” as a way to get around not being able to see my inbox and projects at the same time (Yay for 2.10 apparently fixing this!).
As I process these actions, I assign context and a due date and then drag them to the appropriate folder on the project left pane. It’s not uncommon that while processing these actions that something is already complete and I simply check-it as “Complete” and then move it into the appropriate folder or project inside a folder.
This is where things get interesting. If I move a completed action from my “Orders Up!” project into another project in a folder, the status of “Complete” stays the same. However, if I move a completed action from “Orders Up!” into just a folder (not a project inside a folder) it flips the status back to “Active.” Very annoying.
Here is my theory: When you move an action into a folder (not into an existing project inside that folder) that action becomes a project and in that process the status is automatically reset to “Active.”
I feel like this wasn’t always the case and only started happening I updated to 2.7 a few months ago. I’ve since updated to 2.9 and it’s still happening.
My question: Is there a setting to change this seemingly default behavior?
Thanks in advance for any ideas or tips. :)