+1 on Richard's OP.
On Aug 29, 10:47 am, RichardCollings <[email protected]> wrote:
> Arrgh - i was just going to post a PS to say that you can always see
> the full path for the task in the top right hand corner (above the
> Properties panel) and I noticed an 'Up' button which does almost
> exactly what I want (jumps you to the parent) except
> a) it switches you back to the Outline view if you are in the To Do
> view
> b) there isn't a Hotkey option for it
>
> On Aug 29, 4:40 pm, RichardCollings <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Thanks. I was aware of this option. It is also possible to show the
> > name of the parent a column This is the approach that I have taken
> > which is very useful but it doesn't do everything that I need -
> > specifically to be able to
> > a) mark the Parent as done from the To Do view
> > b) adjust the properties of the parent from the To Do view.
>
> > Have just thought of another approach that might be easier to
> > implement...
>
> > If you select the parent in the Outline view and then switch to the To
> > Do view, the Property panel continues to show the properties of the
> > Parent.
>
> > Would it be possible to have a Jump to Parent hotkey or a right click
> > option which changes the property panel to show you to the Parent
> > whilst keeping you in the To Do view.
>
> > If the Property panel had a Done tick box (which I think would be a
> > good idea anyway - see my previous posting about marking blocks of
> > items as done) then this would meet my underlying requirement.
>
> > Note: the jump to parent option in the Outline view would also be
> > useful. Ecco had this - Ctrl + Page up. Used this a lot.
>
> > On Aug 29, 4:24 pm, pottster <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Might not be what you want, but if it would be useful to display the
> > > parent(s) on a more permanant basis in To-Do view, then select Tools
> > > \Options\To-Do List format, select the "Task path" tab. Make sure
> > > "Encode task path" is ticked and enter 1 in "Task path depth". From
> > > this dialogue you can also choose whether the parent is displayed
> > > before or after the task ("Notation") and how much of the parent name
> > > is shown. Personally, I have 3 task ancestors displayed which gives me
> > > a good idea of the task context without having to switch back to the
> > > outline view and means that I can enter fairly short and generic task
> > > descriptions.
>
> > > On Aug 29, 2:51 pm, Richard C <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Sometimes it would be good to be able to access the immediate parent
> > > > of a task when in the To Do view without returning to the Outline
> > > > view.
>
> > > > Would it be be possible to have a 'Show parent' tick box next to (say)
> > > > the Auto Update tickbox which would quickly allow you to bring the
> > > > parents of each item into view without altering the order of the
> > > > items.
>
> > > > It would be a bit like Group by parent but this appears to alter the
> > > > order (Aside: can anbody tell me what determines the order of the
> > > > parents when you choose the Group by Parent order
>
> > > > This would be very useful for example when you have a parent with a
> > > > due date that is determining the due dates of the items appearing in
> > > > the view and you want to update that due date.
>
> > > > It would also be very useful to have the 'Done' tick box available for
> > > > the parent.- Hide quoted text -
>
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