I too would appreciate an option (I think it could be global? Not sure) to add new tasks to the top of manually sorted lists.
I have no solutions for RTE. One of the problems with inserting into a manually sorted list is that they go in the tree next to their sibling. But you could try this...Add a placeholder task to Inbox, "------- Ins New task ------" or something, move to the top of the view you add things from. Then you can press "Ins" while on that task, and the new task will go just below it. While I support the idea of keeping "not sure I will ever do this" tasks in MLO, I can't imagine having them be in my daily/working lists. You could consider keeping them in a different list. On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:46 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, I’m tapped out.**** > > ** ** > > To restate, you want a way to enter a new task**** > > **- **Entry must be via RTE**** > > **- **New task must appear at the top of a manually sorted to-do > list**** > > **- **Use keyboard only, no mouse**** > > ** ** > > I think you would have to request a new keyword in the RTE parsing, like > this**** > > New task name @home –s 4d –top**** > > ** ** > > But I’m guessing that there are not a lot of other users wishing for this, > so it might not get prioritized very high.**** > > -Dwight**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ram Rachum > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 07, 2013 11:27 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Re: Help: I use manual sorting, and I want new tasks > to appear at TOP**** > > ** ** > > On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 6:19 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > Hi, Ram. **** > > First, I want to validate your approach of keeping tasks you are never > going to do in MLO. I do that, and it feels to me to be totally consistent > with the GTD approach of freeing your brain to do something productive by > removing the need to hold and manage your task list. There are some tasks > that come up repeatedly, like dismantling the swingset my adult children > used when they were kids. I would like to do it someday but I know that > someday will not come this year and probably not next; there’s a good > chance it will not come in my lifetime. By putting the task in the > someday/never section of my outline I have dealt with it and I don’t have > to spend any more brainpower on it except for an annual review of my > “never” tasks.**** > > **** > > Your situation is unusual because you want manual sorting without using > the mouse. The mouse is very useful for tasks like manual sorting. But I > think it can be done.**** > > **** > > I see what you mean about using Insert in Outline. I have a couple of > tasks “test1” and “test2” at the top of my outline. I created a manually > sorted to-do list and dragged test1 and test2 to the top two positions in > the list. Then I went back to the outline, selected the top task (test1), > hit the Insert key on my keyboard, and added a task “new”. Back to the > to-do view, and “new” was at the bottom. Back to outline, cursor to the > top, and used alt-insert to create a subtask of the top task. Back to to-do > and subtask was at the bottom. So I see your issue.**** > > **** > > Question: why go to outline to create the tasks? It’s easy to put a new > task at position #2 in the to-do, just <home>,<insert> and type the task > name.**** > > ** ** > > There are 2 problems with that:**** > > ** ** > > 1. For some reason, when I create a task like this it gets created with > urgency somewhere between 2 and 3. I have no idea why. My todo list doesn't > show tasks with that low of an urgency.**** > > ** ** > > 2. It's much more convenient to insert tasks with the RTE dialog than with > the normal MLO interface. (I never advocated inserting tasks in the > Outline, it's Olivier who suggested it.)**** > > **** > > If I wanted to do this I would create a dummy top-of-list task and insert > everything else just below it. Or is there an additional condition we > should know about, such as maybe you want to have the tasks appear in a > particular structure in the outline that’s different from the order you > have them in for the to-do?**** > > -Dwight**** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mylifeorganized/H5uPr-JWkUk/unsubscribe?hl=en > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > 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. > > **** > > -- > 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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