sorry to take so long to reply to this. There is really only one place to drop into the "Active by Context", which is on to the context name. If I drop between tasks, I'm warned that I would be switching to manual sorting which is not what I wanted.
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Richard C <[email protected]> wrote: > I think Olivier is right. Lisa: where were you dropping the task in the > 'Active by Context' view? > > That said, I think that the principle stated by Lisa is also right: > "Further, move should work the same according to what view it is being > dropped onto, not where it was dropped *from*. " > > On Sunday, 14 April 2013 16:57:05 UTC+1, robisme (Olivier R) wrote: > >> I think that it depends on the task under which you place the new task in >> the Todo view. >> If it belongs to a different tree, then the task will be moved to that >> tree. Also, when dropping the task, watch out for the blue line and the >> small triangles on the side, are they going up or down? The result may be >> different. >> >> Olivier >> >> >> Le dimanche 14 avril 2013 02:56:20 UTC+2, Lisa S a écrit : >>> >>> I agree with Richard, but I do not see the original bug (and since I >>> don't, I suspect it is really a bug dependent on the view). Here's my >>> assertion: >>> >>> Move from a New window should work just like move within the same >>> window. Further, move should work the same according to what view it is >>> being dropped onto, not where it was dropped *from*. >>> >>> So I created a test task and assigned it a Context. I opened All Tasks >>> in a new window. >>> >>> I went to my Active by Contexts tab and dropped the task onto a new >>> context. The context was updated and the tree was left alone. This is >>> long-term behavior or MLO and should be kept. I hit "undo" to reset the >>> task. >>> >>> I went to my new window, found the new task in Inbox, and dropped it >>> again onto my Active by Context view in the main window. Again, the context >>> was changed and the tree location was not. >>> >>> So at least in some situations it works as expected -- at least the same >>> for both windows. >>> >>> By the way, I was annoyed that I couldn't Undo in the new window. Would >>> love that fixed!! >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 2:55 PM, robisme (Olivier R) < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Outline view is the "solid actual" place where belong your tasks, and >>>> Todo view is kind of a virtual place. >>>> But in the Todo view, if you add a task, it must necessarily find a >>>> place to belong somewhere in the outline, and the most obvious is under the >>>> task below which it is in the Todo view. >>>> So if you drag a task from the Outline, it will be moved, that's normal. >>>> >>>> This is only my opinion, you can think or know differently. >>>> Olivier >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Le samedi 13 avril 2013 19:48:55 UTC+2, Richard C a écrit : >>>> >>>>> In the desktop version, if one has a ‘new window’ showing a ‘ToDo’ >>>>> view and in the main window, one has an Outline view open, if one drags >>>>> a >>>>> task from the Outline view to the ToDo view, the task is moved in the >>>>> Outline view to appear beneath the task that you try to insert it below in >>>>> the ToDo view. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This was not what I wanted – I wanted the task to remain where it was >>>>> in the Outline view and to simply move in the ToDo view (where it already >>>>> appeared) to the new location that I dragged it to. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This works as I would like if the view in the main window is a ToDo >>>>> view of some sort (it doesn’t need to be the same ToDo view as in the ‘new >>>>> window’). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I can’t see a reason why (from a user point of view) why dragging a >>>>> task from a Outline view to a ToDo view should move the task in the >>>>> Outline >>>>> view. What do people reckon? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Richard >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to mylifeorganiz...@googlegroups.**com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>>> group/mylifeorganized?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Lisa >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Lisa ------------------------------ Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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