And BTW you are correct; using HideInTodo is true or false only filters out what isn’t stated. It does not add in anything.
Sorry, but I don't think you understand the point I was making. HideInToDo DOES add in. Namely, those tasks which have Hide the Branch in To-Do selected (with Action Filter set to ALL). Regards, Ken On Jan 27, 7:56 pm, nschm873 <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok so after thinking about this for you, I decided to change the way I > do checklists. One of the advantages of trying to help others in the > MLO group is that it makes you rethink how you were doing something. : > +) > > Anyway, I now have a task “checklist XXX” with multiple subtasks under > it. > > The last subtask in the list is “Complete checklist XXX”. > > Then I add the “tick” flag to all of the subtasks except that > “Complete checklist” subtask. MLO is nice in that you can select all > of the subtasks and add the flag once in the flag column. > > With that, you can then add an advanced filter in your main view to > not show “ticked” tasks. In that way only the last (complete > checklist XXX) task is shown in your main view. Then you can have a > specific to your checklist tasks view that does show all of the > “ticked” items. > > This is much simpler to what I was doing in the past. > > And BTW you are correct; using HideInTodo is true or false only > filters out what isn’t stated. It does not add in anything. > > Also I know of at least one difference between Action filter - Active > and the Action Filter – All with the advanced filter ActiveAction. It > has to do with start dates in the future. The Action Filter - Active > WILL NOT show active tasks with start dates in the future. The All > with advanced feature ActiveAction WILL show future start date active > tasks. > > On Jan 25, 3:04 pm, Richard C <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for this - see inline comments below > > > On Jan 23, 6:20 pm, pottster <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Richard, > > > > To address your last comment first. > > > > You can get tasks marked with 'Hide the branch in the ToDo' > > > to appear in the 'All' view by adding the rule "HideInToDo is True" in > > > the Advanced Filter. > > > That's interesting - my previous experiments with Advanced Filters > > concluded that you can't use them to show tasks that are excluded by > > the selections that you have made in the panels above (ie: if you > > select All and that doesn't include Hidden items then you can't > > override that with an Advanced Filter). I am not saying you are > > wrong that is what seemed to be happening. I will try your suggestion > > > > Again, you can achieve the views you want by using the Advanced Filter > > > and saving as custom views. > > > > For the view with the Folder but no subtasks use something like:- > > > > ACTION FILTER: ALL > > > ADVANCED FILTER RULES: (ActiveAction) OR (Caption contains 'evening') > > > Does ACTION FILTER: ALl AND ADVANCED FILTER: (ActiveAction) create > > view that is the same as ACTION FILTER: ACTIVE? I have found > > myself geetting confused with the All filter. > > > > For the view with subtasks use something like:- > > > > ACTION FILTER: ALL > > > ADVANCED FILTER RULES: (ActiveAction) OR (HideInToDo) > > > > Latter view assumes you have hidden subtasks in ToDo which is, I > > > think, what you said you have done. > > > I will give some of these ideas a try when I have a moment. -- 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.
