Thank you, that completely answers my question. I've got it set to Alphabetical. It raises another question for me, though. If I move some tasks around in my list, I don't think I would expect that the task's underlying priority and due date would be affected. When I create a task, I give some thought to deciding its due date; whereas if I'm manually sorting my tasks, it's more of a quick reordering by some on-the-fly criteria. I would expect that the original parameters the task had would be preserved. Am I looking at this the wrong way? I can see the other point of view, too, where you might enter a bunch of tasks quickly and then reorder them at leisure, in which case you'd be deciding their priority etc. at that moment...
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Appigo Support Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 2:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [appigo-todo] Re: Sort items manually Anna, Thanks for contacting Appigo. We have had a couple questions about sorting behavior, so below is a short description of the behavior of how the manual sorting works and when it is enabled versus disabled. If Todo's Settings > Sorting is set to "Due Date, Priority" or "Priority,Due Date", then this is the Todo behavior you will see: ============================================================================ ============= - When a task is manually moved above another task with a set priority, Due Date and / or Due Time, then the moved task's priority, Due Date and Due Time are changed to reflect the same values as the task directly below it. - When a task is moved down in the list, for example below a task with a set priority, Due Date and / or Due Time, then the moved task's priority, Due Date and Due Time are changed to reflect the same values as the task directly above it. - In the case where a task is moved down in the list, for example below a task that has no Due Date or Due Time set, then the moved task's Due Date and Due Time are set to none just like the task directly above it. If the Todo Settings > Sorting is set to "Alphabetical", then manual sorting is disabled for the traditional views. However, you will still be able to manually sort a checklist when sorting is set to "Alphabetical". We have discussed the possibility of making a Todo Settings > Sorting value of "Manual" where the user can just go crazy moving stuff around without the Due Date or Priority values changing for the moved tasks. While there are advantages to having this type of sorting option for some customers, one of the problems with this approach is when Todo is configured with a back end and trying to keep the task views meaningful when viewed in Todo and in the back ends UI. We hope this answers your question. If not, feel free to contact us and we will be happy to assist you further. Thanks, The Appigo Team -- Appigo Support [email protected] Learn more about AccuFuel (fuel efficiency tracker), Notebook (notes available everywhere), and Todo (simple task management) on Appigo's website: http://www.appigo.com/ Follow the latest from Appigo on Twitter: http://twitter.com/appigo On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Anna MacDonald <[email protected]> wrote: I feel like I must be missing something because I haven't seen this mentioned. When I'm in any of my regular lists, I'd like to be able to drag and drop to sort the order of the items. There's an icon there for sorting, but it's "greyed out" slightly, and pressing it does nothing. If I create a checklist, that button is available and I can sort within the checklist. Is the manual sorting function only available within projects and checklists? Why is the button there for regular lists if we're not allowed to use it? I'd like to be able to sort any and all of my lists. Enjoying the update! Thanks! Anna --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Learn more about Todo, Notebook (notes available everywhere), and AccuFuel (fuel efficiency tracker) on Appigo's website: http://www.appigo.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Appigo Todo" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/appigo-todo?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
