The problem is simple: - lets say I have 30 contexts - lets say typical task has more than 5 contexts
In this scenario, showing contexts in the props line is pretty useless, because it's too much information. However If I could define, what contexts show up in the props line, only 1 or 2 out of 5+ contexts of a given task would show up in the props line. That would make the props line useful. Right now, as too many contexts are shown in the props line, I have to turn off the display of contexts in the props line. I hope it's clearer now. On Sunday, 10 July 2022 at 14:40:08 UTC+2 Dwight wrote: > I'm not clear on what the issue is, so let me be a little more specific > about what I am proposing. > > You have some contexts that are not used for filtering and that you would > like to see in the task list. Let's suppose that some examples are @call, > @email, @spreadsheet, @camera > > You have some other contexts that are used for filtering. Some tasks have > multiples of these contexts. > > Lets suppose that these filterable contexts include colour names like #red > #purple #blue > size like *small, *medium, *large > direction like ^North, ^Northeast, ^East > > Suppose that you have a large blue Northern spreadsheet. You would define > the context as @Spreadsheet and the text tag as the text string "*large, > #blue, ^North". > > Now, if you want to see all the blue items and no items that are not blue > you would add the following filter to your view: > AND (TEXTTAG Contains 'blue') > and you should get the blue items. The fact that there are other things in > the text tag do not seem troubling to me, why do you consider this to be > unusable? > > I can think of two issues > > 1. You have mentioned elsewhere that you are talking about ad-hoc and not > saved views. I am guessing that you mean that you do not want to use > advanced settings. (I often use advanced settings creating an ad hoc view, > I just do not save the filter.) Anyhow, you can type the word blue into the > "text" quickfilter box in the left sidebar and select "texttag" in the > following dropdown to get the same effect. You may need to uncheck other > items in the dropdown. > > 2. You cannot group or sort tasks according to a substring from the > texttag, only by the entire texttag string. If you must have sorting or > grouping by an attribute that cannot appear on the props line then I have > no solution for you. > On 7/7/2022 09:35, Radek Pilich wrote: > > The following is besides the original point of the request. > > I don't like how tags are implemented. > > They are fine for putting a single tag on a task. > > But the way it creates "combined" tag when putting more than one tag on a > task renders it unusable for me. > > I can't even imagine what your suggestion would mean in my system. > > On Thursday, 7 July 2022 at 14:51:28 UTC+2 Dwight wrote: > >> If you used tags instead of contexts for the filtering would the problem >> go away? >> On 7/7/2022 05:49, Radek Pilich wrote: >> >> Consider adding new setting to the context items - Show in props line. >> >> Right now, ALL assigned context appear in the props line, which makes the >> feature of showing contexts in the props line pretty much useless if using >> more than 2-3 contexts for a single task. >> >> I use multiple context "sub-groups", but most of them are used to >> separate tasks into views, turning a particular view into particular >> context(s) configuration. >> >> However there are some contexts, that are not used for filtering and that >> I would like to see in the props line. >> >> -- >> 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/dbcc9823-b1d7-4c67-9439-915a1170c4acn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/dbcc9823-b1d7-4c67-9439-915a1170c4acn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- > 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/fc68464c-bec6-4e34-b8d3-26f810d05350n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/fc68464c-bec6-4e34-b8d3-26f810d05350n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/ab98feac-2ab2-47bc-a6ef-f477fb7899e1n%40googlegroups.com.
