I believe that has been fixed in this newer version we are using. The
only way I can find to delete tasks is to click on the trashcan icon
which appears only when you mouse over a task, and you are given a
confirmation message before the task is deleted.
On Jan 9, 2009, at 11:35 AM, Eli Cochran wrote:
I have a concern with this feature. When Allison, Daphne and I were
playing around with it a couple of days ago, it appeared that it was
very easy to delete a task by a slip of the mouse. I haven't had
time to look into it further and it maybe that the features are
worth the risk.
And again, I played with it for all of 2 minutes so I may be mistaken.
- Eli
On Jan 9, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Justin wrote:
Hello, I have updated the http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Release+Testing+Tasks
page to use the new version of the task list macro. I am noticing
that you sometimes have to refresh the page a couple of times
before the most recent set of tasklists is displayed.
A handy feature that I have noticed is that you can drag a task
from one list to another.
- Justin
On 9-Jan-09, at 12:24 PM, Allison Bloodworth wrote:
Hi folks,
Since there weren't any objections, I activated the
{dynamictasklist2} macro in the wiki. You can see it in action at: http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Date+Picker+Tasks
and http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Release+Testing+Tasks
.
You can see more options for information you can assign to each
task (e.g. priority and assigned to) by opening the disclosure
triangle to the left of each task. You do need to use someone's
confluence user ID when assigning them to a task, but you can use
the search functionality next to the field to find it.
Erin and I did notice a bug in that task information can disappear
momentarily if two people are editing the same task. However, if
you simply refresh the page the task information should return (it
was for us). I did just upgrade to a newer version of this macro
so perhaps that problem will go away now. If you run into any
major bugs with this macro, please let the list know.
I noticed a few other outdated -- e.g. plugin repository,
blogging, chart, content formatting, contributors, table, table of
contents, web-dav, etc. -- Plug-ins in the Plugin Repository and
upgraded them too, so you may see improved performance in other
functionality as well. When we upgrade Confluence to a newer
version, I will upgrade the {dynamictasklist2} macro further.
Cheers,
Allison
On Jan 7, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Justin wrote:
I'd be happy to use an improved version of the task list. I find
the current one quite limiting at times.
- Justin
On 7-Jan-09, at 11:45 AM, Allison Bloodworth wrote:
Hi there,
Yesterday when Erin and I were creating a task list in
Confluence (http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Date+Picker+Tasks
) to manage some finer grained tasks that we didn't want to put
in JIRA. I noticed that on our list and Jacob's task list (http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Release+Testing+Tasks
) we are using an older version of the {dynamictasklist} macro,
which unfortunately doesn't have the ability to assign people to
tasks until they complete them (which is a feature we were
looking for).
I found information on {dynamictasklist}-2 macro: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFEXT/Confluence+Dynamic+Tasklist+2
, which we actually already have installed. To activate it, we
need to disable the "Dynamic Task List Macros" (which is what is
creating our dynamictasklists now) in the Confluence Plug-in as
it is overriding {dynamictasklist}-2 right now. I tried this
last night and things seemed to work OK, though I did notice a
bug in the {dynamictasklist}-2 at one point (which Daphne & Eli
didn't encounter) where an error message would come up that I
couldn't clear, and ended up having to force-quit Firefox.
However, I think {dynamictasklist}-2 is worth trying as it has a
ton of really great features, such as:
inline editing of task descriptions
ability to assign people to tasks before they complete them
drag and drop reordering of tasks
ability to assign priority to tasks
documentation of the date the task was created
ability to lock tasks
ability to sort tasks by the taskname, the assignee, the
priority and completed date
"One of the benefits of Confluence Dynamic Tasklist 2 over
previous task lists is that all data is stored in the page. Most
people will find it easier to edit the tasklist using the web-
interface, but if you want to edit or even create the tasklist
directly, you can do so by editing the page itself. You can see
an example of the tasklist wiki-markup below."
Finally, it is possible to go back and forth from the old
{dynamictasklist} macro to the new one. From the new macro's
info page:
"Confluence has shipped with older tasklist macros:
{dynamictasklist1} and {tasklist}, This plugin is designed to
replace those macros. In order for it to work, the older
tasklist macros must be disabled. You can disable the older
"Dynamic Plugin Macros" from the Plugin Manager (Administration -
> Plugins). Once the older tasklists are disabled:
* When someone views a page containing an older version of
the tasklist, the display will show the new format but the page
will not be updated.
* On first edit of the tasklist from the UI, the data will
be converted to the new format.
The data in the old format is not harmed. Should you wish to
revert to the older macro, you must 1) renable the old macros,
and 2) revert any page that has been automatically modified
(that is, any page containing a tasklist that has been modified)
to the earlier version."
What do folks think--would it be OK to give they new
dynamictasklist2 macro a try and see how it works for us?
Cheers,
Allison
Allison Bloodworth
Senior User Interaction Designer
Educational Technology Services
University of California, Berkeley
(415) 377-8243
[email protected]
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ETS, UC Berkeley
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Educational Technology Services
University of California, Berkeley
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