OK, thanks for your detailed explanation of the issue. It was very helpful in allowing me to understand your issue.
I understand why you were expecting different results. The Start Date filter was introduced as a planning tool. With the Start Date filter blank, the To Do view functions as a task execution tool. The To Do view will show only tasks that are active (if Action Filter is set to Active), and will only show active tasks by Context during the open hours (as long as Include closed checkbox is not checked). I believe this is how most users normally use the Active Actions view, for execution of tasks by contexts that are currently open. But users were looking for an easy planning mechanism for looking at, let's say, tasks that are to be started within the next week. Andrey introduced the Start Date filter to handle these situations. If now I want to see Tasks that are to be started in the upcoming week, I just assign Today+1 in the Start Date From filter, and Today+7 in the Start Date To filter. Now when I am in a "planning" mode, I want to see all of my tasks starting in the next week, not just those tasks that happen to be in the open hours that I am currently in. When I am in "execution" mode (i.e. Start Date filters blank), I do care about open and closed hours and want only to see open hour contexts at that particular point in time. Technically speaking, I suppose Andrey could have designed it so anytime the Start Date was non-blank, the Include closed checkbox would default to checked. If Andrey hadn't designed the Start Filters the way that he did, then every time I used the Start Date filter, I would have had to go up and check the Include closed checkbox every time because when I use the Start Date filter, I want to see all tasks regardless if it is open or closed hours. I suppose if Andrey had decoupled the Start Date Filter from the open/ closed hours of Contexts, that would have allowed users like yourself to use the Start Date filters and only see tasks that are open during the current time. I am curious about your usage though. Why, for example, would you want to see tasks to be started next week, but only those tasks that have contexts that have open hours at your current time? That usage seems a little odd to me, but then again, that may just be me. Best regards, Ron On May 13, 8:38 pm, 范宜坚 <[email protected]> wrote: > First of all, thank you for your reply. "Context are out" means that I have > set the time section for each context. Such as @ office (9am-5pm), @ home > (8pm-23pm). The time now is 11:00, when i chose active, and start date is > not set, then to-do list is normal (only show task of @ office context). But > if I set the start date, such as Today -1 to Today +1, then show all the > task (@ office, @ home). I want to ask is, why display the task of context > of @ home > > 2010/5/14 Ron Stockfleth <[email protected]> > > > > > Hi again, > > > Your screenshots show what you are doing with the Start Date filters, > > but I don't understand what you mean by saying, "context are out", or > > "I have set for each context are the time". > > > I will explain my understanding of the Start Date filters, and perhaps > > that will help you understand what is going on between your 2 > > screenshots. > > > With the Start Filters blank, and the Active action filter enabled, > > you will get Active tasks. That is, you will get any undated Active > > tasks plus any active tasks with a Start Date equal to today or > > earlier. You will NOT get any tasks with a start date equal to > > tomorrow or later. > > > With the Start Date To filter set to Today + 1 and the Start Date From > > filter blank, you will pick up additional tasks with a Start Date > > equal to tomorrow. > > > With the Start Date From filter set to Today - 1 and the Start Date To > > filter blank, you will get tasks with a Start Date equal to or later > > than yesterday. You will not get tasks with a Start Date earlier than > > yesterday. > > > With the Start Date From filter set to Today - 1 and the Start Date To > > filter set to Today + 1, you will get tasks with Start Dates equal to > > yesterday, today, and tomorrow plus any undated Active tasks. You > > won't get all tasks with Start Dates equal to tomorrow, only those > > tasks that would have been Active if not for a Start Date equal to > > tomorrow. > > > If you still have a problem after reading my explanation, please > > further explain what you mean by your "context" comments. > > > Ron > > > On May 13, 1:15 am, 范宜坚 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Using the to-do filter, I chose active, and start date is not set this > > > option, then is normal. But if I set the start date, such as Today -1 to > > > Today +1, then all of the context are out. 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