I'd love to have more control over the dependence of properties on each other, so I can make ticking off a project task as completed also change its Project status flag to "completed". As it is though, as Dwight says, project status is an independent parameter from the completed status of the task which is flagged as a project. As a workaround, I've got into the habit of changing the project status at the same time as I complete a project-task - So I can hit spacebar to mark it a complete, then use the shortcut key to change project status.
For me, it's Alt-J to toggle whether a task is a project or not, and Shift-Alt-J to cycle through the project statuses. I've also got custom formatting to use big "play", "pause", "stop" icons (like a media player or an old VCR symbols) to indicate the project status. Stéphane On Tuesday, 15 September 2020 at 07:10:02 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > Hey, Dwight! > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 9:10 AM Dwight Arthur <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Are you asking to mark any uncompleted subtasks as complete when the > project ends? > > No. This would not be an accurate representation of reality. The > project finished (for whatever reason) with those tasks not done. > > > Do you want to leave the subtasks uncompleted but clear the "In > Progress" status from the project? That status is manually controlled > anyhow. in the task details sidebar on the right, in the Properties > display, scroll down until you find the Project section. You will see a > status button that probably says [In Progress v] - click on the down arrow > and select Completed (or any other status you like). > > Interesting! Not how I'd do it, but there ya go. :D > > I would prefer if I mark a project as "complete," that it is no longer > "In Progress." That seems reasonable and logical to me. > > > I'll ask your next question for you - why doesn't this status update > automatically as the project and its tasks get completed? - this has been > the subject of many long discussions. Different people consider their > projects "started" at "completed" at different points. Sometimes there are > tasks need to prepare for a project and tasks for housekeeping, paperwork, > followup, collection activity, etc at the end of the project that some > consider to be in the project and some consider to be outside of the > project. > > Good insights. Thank you! > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/91605f00-863b-4467-a8b5-9c094aba7541n%40googlegroups.com.
