Indeed, but that's a whole load of extra tasks cluttering up the place. Would work but not elegant.
J On Thursday, 5 November 2015 13:45:50 UTC, Wallace Gilbraith wrote: > > I guess you could create a few tasks like 'do context = dull', 'do context > = boring ', 'do context = tedious', 'do context = fun', and star them all. > Then you can move them into whatever order you want in your Starred list > > Wol > > > - sent from my phone - please excuse brevity - > > - phone sends from gmail account, but please always mail me at > [email protected] <javascript:> - > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dwight Arthur <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *Sent:* 5 November 2015 13:00:05 GMT+00:00 > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Re: Is it possible to create a view whereby I drag & > drop to change the sort order of Contexts? > > Hi, John. The times that i have done something similar I have made a high > priority manual list (return calls, do paperwork, reply to pending emails) > and when each item comes to the top of my today list i open the associated > context and do whats there. Inelegant but it works. If i wanted an elegant > solution i would probably use folders in place of contexts, assign an > appropriate importance to each folder, let computed score propagate parent > importance to the children, and then just work off of a list ordered by > computed score > -Dwight > MLO Betazoid on Android SGN4 > > On Nov 5, 2015, J Smith <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> Dwight >> >> What I'm trying to create is a temporary list of contexts just *for >> today's use*. >> >> i.e. I have a bunch of stuff to do today. They fall into about say 7 >> contexts. "Group by Contexts" puts them nicely into groups, but it *also* >> forces the Contexts to be in alphabetical order. As you say, one solution >> is to rename the contexts. Yes, that would work. But it's a time-consuming >> fiddly 'hammer to crack a nut'. I just want a quick temporary fix for >> today's use only. >> >> I guess what I'm wanting is a view that "groups tasks by context but >> allows the sort the sequence of contexts manually". >> >> To explain my requirement: This is mainly a psychological booster. i.e. I >> might say to myself: >> >> If spend 1 hour on "Dull-context-A" and then an hour on >> "Rather-tedious-context-Z" and 30 mins on "Boring-context-Q" then I can >> reward myself with some time doing "Context-F-for-fun". >> >> This will: >> A) Help me get cracking on "Dull-context-A" >> B) Remind me what the heck I'd committed (to myself) to then be doing >> next. And this would stop be getting distracted. >> >> J >> >> J >> >> P.S. >> I'd forgotten about F6 - thanks :) >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, 5 November 2015 04:13:47 UTC, Dwight Arthur wrote: >> >>> Hi, John. I'm not sure that I actually see your problem. Contexts are >>> sorted in ascending alphabetical order based on the native collating >>> sequence of the device you are using. >>> >>> On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 1:13:04 PM UTC-5, J Smith wrote:You >>> cannot alter the collating sequence using drag and drop or any other tool >>> that I am aware of. You can, however, modify the context names to controll >>> how they sort. For example, suppose that your context names are 01-Errands, >>> 02-Personal_Admin, 03-Low_Brain_Energy and so on. The tasks would sort into >>> the order you seem to have in mind.You could then move errands to last >>> position by renaming it 04-Errands. >>> >>> Here's another way to approach this issue. >>> - Find the view named Active By Context and bring it up. >>> - hit F6 to collapse every context >>> - find the context you want to work on next and hit Ctrl-R to zoom in. >>> - when you are done witgh this context hit ctrl-alt-R then f6. >>> - look for your next context and repeat >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hello >>>> >>>> Is it possible to create a view whereby I drag & drop to change the >>>> sort order of Contexts? >>>> >>>> Scenario: >>>> e.g I want to do Errands, then some Personal_Admin, then some >>>> Low_Brain_Energy to recharge my brain, then at least one oft the some >>>> stuff >>>> I've been putting off (which I "Frog") then some sort of Down-time as a >>>> reward... You get the picture. >>>> >>>> So the thing is that I'm NOT expecting to complete all the items in >>>> each category, but will need to be pragmatic and move on when I run out of >>>> time. >>>> >>>> If I have multiple task within a project and have starred the project, >>>> I can keep going on the project until time is up. And I can of course put >>>> whole *projects* into whichever sequential order I choose v easily simply >>>> by using drag and drop. >>>> >>>> However it becomes harder to do the same things with clusters of tasks >>>> when are only connected by being in the same Context rather than sharing a >>>> parent task. >>>> >>>> It becomes a particular problem when I am looking at a *larger number* >>>> of tasks, which are falling in to a number of contexts, all of which I >>>> have >>>> starred as "do today if I can" >>>> >>>> See my problem? >>>> >>>> J >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >> 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/99cb82f7-fb29-4e1f-bc36-ffb52e3e64c5%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/99cb82f7-fb29-4e1f-bc36-ffb52e3e64c5%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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