Probably not. I should have been more clear...you *can* change your filter,
but you might not want to, in the long run. My suggestion would be to
rethink your task structure. The "Active" actions model of MLO is really
powerful and well-thought out, in my opinion, and trying to circumvent it
is going to lead to frustration. (And I'm not always a big fan of using
applications as the developer intended :)
What I do is use the parent task as the reminder to complete/wrap up any
loose ends after the children are done. So, look at it as the last task,
rather than the first. It will become active as soon as the children are no
longer active. If you want a "begin the project", make that the first task
in the tree.
Sometimes you'll only want to see the first task. You can mark "complete in
order" on the parent if you only want to see the first task, but I find
that frustrating when I want to see all of the children at once after the
first task is complete. So to make all the rest of the children become
active at the same time, use dependencies. You can select all of the
children at once and add a dependency to the first task. E.g:
Finish remodeling project
Plan remodel details
Call contractor
Purchase materials
If I only wanted to see "Plan remodel details" then I could make the other
two tasks dependent on it, and they wouldn't be active until it is complete.
Going back to your original question, as soon as all of these children are
done, "Finish remodeling project" becomes active, and reminds you that you
might not really be done yet...in which case you can add more children
(finish remodel becomes inactive again, because it can't be marked off
yet), or you can complete it.
Lisa
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Patrick Piquette <[email protected]>wrote:
> That's exactly what I need, thank you very much :-)
>
> Can I do the same on the iPhone iPad applications?
>
>
> Pat
>
>
>
>
> On Sunday, August 5, 2012 9:15:49 PM UTC-4, Lisa S wrote:
>>
>> The reason they are not there is that parent tasks are not active until
>> their children are complete, and you are using a view that shows active
>> tasks only. Try switching to a different view or creating your own by
>> taking your favorite view and switching the Action Filter to "Available" or
>> "All".
>>
>> The help has a good explanation of "Active".
>>
>> Lisa
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Patrick Piquette <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Is there a way to have tasks (regular, folder or project) with subtasks
>>> appear in the to-do panel (windows application)?
>>>
>>> Why do task with subtasks cannot be seen in the to-do panel eventhough
>>> it has the context I filter in?
>>>
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