In addition to what Tim has listed, I'd have a look at the Action Filter settings (top of the "Filter" pane on the left in To Do view) to make sure they are doing what you want. See below for the details from the latest User Guide. If you don't follow a GTD approach you might find it better to have the Action Filter set to ALL and use the Filter Controls for CONTEXT/TIME/EFFORT/START DATE and/or ADVANCED FILTERS to achieve what you want.
[USER GUIDE EXTRACT] Action Filter With the Action Filter you should select what type of the tasks are placed in the To-Do List. There are five options for this filter: 1. Active If Active is selected as the Action Filter then only Active tasks are placed in the list first and then other filters can be used to select tasks from this list. To be placed on the list of Active actions, a task must meet all criteria listed below: 1) the task must not have subtasks or these subtasks should be completed 2) the task must not have completed parent tasks 3) the Start Date for the task is not set or Start Date is now or in the past 4) the task must not have the option Folder checked 5) the task must not have the option Hide branch in To-Do List checked for this task as well as for any of its parents 6) If one of the task's parents has the option Complete subtasks in order checked, this task must have all above siblings completed to be placed in the list. Or these siblings can have Hide in To-Do option set. 2. Available If Available is selected as the Action Filter, then only Available tasks are placed in the list first and then other filters can be used to select tasks from this list. To be placed on the list of Available tasks a task should meet all the criteria listed for Active Actions except #6. This means that the option "Complete subtasks in order" is not considered when retrieving the tasks for this list. The subtasks will appear on the To-Do list normally even if the parent task has "Complete subtasks in order" option set. 3. Next Actions If Next Actions is selected as the Action Filter then only Next Actions are placed in the list first and then other filters can be used to select tasks from this list. To be placed on the list of Next Actions a task should meet all the criteria listed for Active Actions. However only one (first) active task for each project is placed in the list. Note: If there are Active Tasks without parent project then only first task for each root task is selected. Note: If a project does not have open tasks then this project itself is also placed on the To-Do list as Next Action. 4. Completed If Completed is selected as the Action Filter then only Completed tasks from all levels of the outline are placed in the list first and then other filters can be used to select tasks from this list. 5. All If All is selected as the Action Filter then all tasks from all levels of the outline are placed in the list first and then other filters can be used to select tasks from this list. On Jul 31, 3:13 pm, Timothee <[email protected]> wrote: > Possible reasons I can think of: (there may be more) > - Parent task is a marked "Hide the branch in To-Do" > - Parent task is a marked "Complete subtasks in order" and there are > other tasks under this parent, above this one > - Parent task importance and/or urgency is set very low (task would > still appear but very low on list) > - Task is a project, and View chosen in ToDo tab, is one that shows > only the first available action of each project, and there are other > tasks under this parent, above this one > > On Jul 30, 10:56 am, RSKadish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I created a task that is nested under another task, and it does not > > show up in the To-Do list. If I move the task to the left (so it is > > no longer nested), it shows up. I'm at a loss to explain this, can > > someone help me out? > > > Thanks, > > - Steve > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" 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/myLifeOrganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
