Ooh! Found it, thank you! ...I think I may have accidentally toggled that one before I knew what it really did, oops. Sorry for the bother and thank you for the help :)
Kira On Sun, Oct 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM 'Michael Emerald' via MyLifeOrganized < [email protected]> wrote: > (NOTE TO SELF: See? I told you they are smart so don't over-rate my > knowledge of MLO.) > > Hi Kira. > > What you did works. Superb. Here's what I do in such cases, which are > common, and why I do it. > > On mobile, try this. > > 1. Create your filter, but don't worry about contexts. > 2. Once you are back at the main working screen, click on the "filter > by context" icon in the bottom center-left toolbar. > 3. There, you'll see both contexts and the magical "include closed > contexts" > > In other words, I do all my context-ing from the main view, not the > advanced filter. This allows me to create different workspaces (Winchester, > Coffeeshop, Home), all with the same view but with different contexts > selected from the main view. > > Let me know if you need anything else. In particular, if you can't find > that "filter by context" icon. > > Ciao, > Michael Emerald > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of Kira Z <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, October 5, 2025 18:54 > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Filter custom view by context hours? > > Hi, thanks for the advice! I can find the include-closed checkbox easily > on desktop, where it's off by default. That produces exactly the result I > want. On mobile it's either missing or I'm very bad at searching. After a > lot of digging I concluded I could approximate it by creating an advanced > filter with "Context contains (consider open/closed hours)", check all my > contexts, and OR it with "Context is empty". (And then add all the other > filters I want in a separate condition group). This does seem to work, > though it'll require me to manually update the filter every time I add a > context. > > It looks like at the default view behavior on desktop and mobile is > different, because I hadn't actually deliberately unchecked the > included-closed button on desktop. I had just yesterday set up desktop to > try, my todo lists are a primarily mobile endeavor, so I hadn't noticed the > discrepancy. > > Kira > > > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2025, 3:10 PM 'Michael Emerald' via MyLifeOrganized < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Kira. > > I agree, it's a great app. I always give this caveat: everyone using MLO > is smart, so if I misunderstood your question, be patient. > > ANSWER: When I create a custom view I check (or uncheck) "Include closed > contexts". By doing so, I only see tasks with open contexts. That said, I > DO recognize that you are asking for "active" tasks! So, if it's closed, > how can it be active at the same time? I say, try my idea, and if it works, > perfect. Then toast that we (haha actually YOU) found something illogical. > > Feel free to reply if you need something else from me or anyone else. > > Have a good week, > Michael Emerald > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of Kira Z <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, October 4, 2025 18:10 > *To:* MyLifeOrganized <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [MLO] Filter custom view by context hours? > > > Hi all, I am trying to generate a more filtered version of my "Active > Actions" view to reflect just the things I'm planning on doing today. I > noticed that if I create a custom view and filter it by Active, it shows > items with closed context hours (e.g., if it's 9pm, the Active Actions view > will correctly hide all tasks with the @BusinessHours context, but they > will still show up in my filtered list). Is this a bug or intended > behavior? Is there any way around this? > > Also, while we're at it, is there a way to filter by location, or does > that feature only do notifications? I almost never want to be *alerted* that > I got home and I better vacuum, but it'd be convenient if I didn't have to > see tasks I couldn't do based on location in my filter views. I know I can > filter them out manually, but I'm trying to generate a view that takes as > little work as possible to upkeep, and MLO already has the data! > > Nitpicks aside it's an incredible app - I've been searching for ages for a > todolist that agrees with my that the primary function of such a list > should be showing you *only the things you actually can and will do*. > I'm primarily on Android, most recent version. 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