Yes I already use the Importance column. Yes I use multi-line selections. Yes, I find it useful. The problem is that in general I need to evaluate the importance of each task separately.
J On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 10:05:25 PM UTC+1, Stéph wrote: > > No shortcut key that I can find, John. However, how about including the > "importance" column in one of your views? You can then select multiple > tasks, right-click on the importance column and select one of 7 preset > levels of importance. If you're editing multiple tasks at the same time, it > becomes almost as quick as a shortcut key. > > Now I've tried it, I might even start using the "importance" parameter > myself. > > Stéph > > On Tuesday, 27 March 2018 18:23:31 UTC+1, John . Smith wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> Is there any way to set up a hotkey to change the Importance of a task? >> >> Background >> I had a minor epiphany, on a walk today. >> >> I need to *just do the extremely important tasks*. (e.g. Importance = >> "Max") >> >> And then, once they are done, then I can move to the *fairly *important >> tasks (e.g. Importance = "A lot") >> And then, only if time permits to take on the task of lesser >> importance... etc etc. >> >> What has happened to me personally, is that over time too much crud has >> built up in my system most of which isn't all that important. The crude >> tool of making tasks either active or "someday-maybe", is also too blunt an >> instrument, as one ends up with an unfeasibly large number of tasks which >> one doesn't want to delete just yet, and yet which are too >> time-consuming to review in their entirety on a regular basis. Using the >> Start Date to kick less important stuff down the road doesn't solve the >> problem either... Here's the thing: I just don't want to even SEE tasks >> until I am in the mode that is ready to even think about taking them on. >> >> The problem is that allocating actual values to the Importance field >> seems cumbersome using the mouse. Reluctantly I concede that I could try >> setting up some new, dedicated Context tags, but this too feels cumbersome >> as I already have rather too many contexts for comfort(!). Also turning off >> one Context and turning on another feels fiddly. Another suggestion would >> be to use Flags but I already use Flags for other purposes... And in any >> case my setup does already use Importance for it's intended purpose for >> certain views... >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> 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 mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/b1a45220-c7b4-42fc-a062-ecb87dbfcbbe%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
