Hi uh Clem, have you ever thought of using "dependencies" for that?
You could define "dependencies" for your "dependent tasks" and let the other (independent) ones just as they are... The easist way to define a dependency is right clicking on a task and dragging/dropping it on another task. I'm often using this for "multi-dependencies" ... means, a particular task should only become active, once some other tasks will have been accomplished (no matter in which order I'm going to complete them). Eberhard On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:38 AM, uh Clem <[email protected]> wrote: > Dwight... > > Thanks for pitching in with the workaround! That's one of the things > that I've always liked about MLO: how helpful folks are in the forums. > > I do some version of what you're describing a lot, and it does work > fine. But it always feels like an awful lot of overhead, especially > when you have something relatively simple--like three sequential tasks > and one not-sequential one--and you have to add two extra folders. It > doesn;t seem lilke much added effort, but one of the great things > about MLO is how fast it is: Once you;ve got it set up to your liking, > you can do almost anything really quickly. > > Plus it requires some thought, which I try to avoid whenever it's not > necessary. And the extra level adds visual noise. > > I do it when I really have to, but I'd rather not. > > I've always tried not to ask for too much, because everybody wants > something, and even though Andrey manages to do an amazing amount, he > only has so much time. > > But I asked for this one, because it's the one thing I constantly find > myself saying, "I wish I could do *that*." ("Then life would be > perfect....") > > On Jan 3, 11:11 pm, Dwight <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey uhClem, > > Would this work for you? > > - Create a task and mark it as a project. Do -not- mark "complete > > tasks in order" for the project. > > - Create two folders under the project: "dependent tasks" and > > "independent tasks". > > - Mark "complete tasks in order" for the dependent tasks folder but > > not for the independent tasks folder > > - put your sequentially dependent tasks in the "dependent tasks" > > folder and your independent tasks in the other folder. > > - "active tasks" should now show the first uncompleted task from the > > dependent task folder plus all tasks from the independent tasks > > folder. > > > > Is that what you wanted? > > -Dwight > > > > On Dec 24 2010, 3:43 pm, uh Clem <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I would love to be able to mark a task as "Not Dependent." This would > > > mean that if its parent was marked "Complete subtasks in order", the > > > task would ingore that setting and appear in the To-Do list even if > > > its siblings above it were not completed. > > > . . .- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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]<mylifeorganized%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > > -- 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.
