Hey Dwight, I'm still a real newbie with MLO and getting it right can be tough with so many different options - but that's why I like MLO - it's got the power!
I'm giving your suggestion another go. "Forget filters; Learn Zoom - 1st". So far, I've created 2 tabs: All-H and All-W. These are zoomed to my top level folders home & work and they're based on the built-in all tasks view - no filters. Here are the views that I had developed at 1st and thought I was close to having what I was after with MLO - until I ran into the issue I reported at the top of this thread. With this set of views in mind, are you suggesting that I would create all these views as tabs? Or what would you recommend for the next steps to work toward this functionality? <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3YjL9uuMUlQ/VgfMAtJxRlI/AAAAAAAAjYE/UM2R4pt1CfI/s1600/my%2Bmlo%2Bviews.PNG> I really appreciate your time helping me figure this out! Bob On Friday, September 25, 2015 at 12:08:34 PM UTC-4, Dwight Arthur wrote: > > Hi Bob, I will discuss proper operation of filters and such with you later > but first I wanted to help you get the zoom right, because it is designed > for what you are doung and works well. > > You said that *"Zooming into one of [your views] sets the zoom for all of > them."* It sounds as though you are using the option to synchronize zooms > across workspaces. Right click on the tab for a workspace where you plan > to zoom and select something like "setup workspace". (Sorry I can't be more > precise but I'm away from my desktop). Look for an option that says > something like "sync zoom" and turn it off. You may see another option like > "sync selection" - it seems that you may have that on as well, you could > play with it and see if you like the behaviour better with this one on or > off. > > Zoom sync is a wonderful tool for example if you are managing multiple > projects and you have a series of project management views like > What should I do next > Is anything overdue > What starts tomorrow > Do I have any phone calls to make > Etc > > Rather than making a copy of each view for each project, you can just make > a set of views with zoom synch. Then, when you zoom to a project for one > view they all switch to viewing that same project. But if you have zoom > synch enabled when you don't really want it, you get problems like the one > you described. > -Dwight > Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 > > On Sep 24, 2015, Bob Clark <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> Thanks Dwight, >> >> I'm trying your suggestion, but I'm not sure that's what I want. It kind >> of blows my view scheme. I have a group of home views and a group of work >> views. Zooming into one of them sets the zoom for all of them. That doesn't >> make sense - *to me*. >> >> I think this a bug - or at least a user interface inconvenience:). And I >> don't think it has anything to do with filters - except that filters are >> causing an entered task to disappear. So disappearance is understood - it's >> respecting the filter that says I just created a task outside the scope of >> the view/filter. >> >> I'm saying - FWIW - the problem is, when you're IN a view, you should not >> be able to enter a task that goes to a folder outside the scope of the view >> - but that's what's happening. Again, this only happens when switching back >> to a view and not clicking within the view to select any task/folder. Are >> you saying it SHOULD do this? >> >> The workaround for now is to click something in the view to let MLO know >> where I am and where I want the task to go - rather than "\". >> >> Thanks, >> Bob >> >> >> >> On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 3:16:59 PM UTC-4, Dwight Arthur wrote: >>> >>> Hi, Bob. The behaviour you are looking for is implemented in Zoom, not >>> in Filter. Get rid of the toplevelparent filters and instead, select the >>> top level parent for each view, select it, right click and select Zoom In. >>> You get pretty much the same view except (1) the top level parent is not >>> itself a part of the view any longer (2) you now have a banner across the >>> top of the view stating that it is zoomed, (3) newly created tasks are >>> created at the root level of the zoom (ie the top level parent) rather then >>> the root of the whole tree. >>> -Dwight >>> Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 >>> >>> On Sep 24, 2015, Bob Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I haven't been able to workaround this problem or find it in the forum. >>>> >>>> Here's what's happening: >>>> >>>> I'm in a 'home' view with toplevelparent='home'. I select a task. Then >>>> I select the 'work' view with toplevelparent='work'. I hit the Insert key >>>> and add a task. >>>> >>>> I can see that it's being entered ABOVE the 'work' folder that's shown. >>>> Once I hit Enter, it disappears. >>>> >>>> When I look for it, it's not in ANY of my folders, it's not in the >>>> Inbox, and it's not in LostAndFound. It's in "\". >>>> >>>> I *think* this is happening because, even while I'm IN the 'work' view, >>>> nothing is selected and task entry is not directly associated with the >>>> folders/tasks in the view. But I don't understand why my task would go to >>>> "\", which is really kind of a no-mans-land the way I have my views >>>> organized. I expect my tasks to be either in the inbox (quick entry or >>>> emailed) or they get entered in the view/folder I see on the screen. >>>> >>>> This is easily repeatable - at least on my Win7 system. As a matter of >>>> fact, I submit a task that goes to "\" and then hit Enter and then Insert >>>> another and it keeps going to "\". Only when I select something in the >>>> view, will my Inserted task be placed in the appropriate folder. >>>> >>>> Let me know if I'm overlooking something. I stumbled into this because >>>> I wanted to created my own (slightly modified) Inbox view - 'MyInbox'. But >>>> when I select it after being in some other view, I can't enter tasks >>>> directly until I click a task within the view. >>>> >>>> Thanks for any thoughts. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/28cd2f61-8f0e-403f-9258-4d6b630292a1%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/28cd2f61-8f0e-403f-9258-4d6b630292a1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/cca768fc-442c-4d54-b1bb-eb21c46d0940%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/cca768fc-442c-4d54-b1bb-eb21c46d0940%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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