not sure what you want to achieve... so - just one thought: are you aware that - childs of filtered tasks can be displayed - or not - the filters can be applied to child tasks too?
if not - the path to outcome could be: - tag the wanted folders with a feature of MLO like (context, flag, ... other attributes) - filter a "wanted" folders - .. and have the child tasks displayed too. done -a On Monday, 5 January 2026 at 10:55:43 UTC+4 styrobrain wrote: > Hi all! Assuming I have this task hierarchy: > > Fruit [Folder] > - Apple > - Orange > Wood [Folder] > - Alder > - Ovangkol > Mood [Folder] > - Happy > - Sad > > Assuming further that I don't want to see the (ill-fitting) "Mood" branch, > and I want to continue not seeing it if I later add a "Metal" branch. > > To only see "Mood", I can use an advanced filter "TopLevelFolderName" "is" > 'Mood'. So to see everything but, I tried the inverse: "TopLevelFolderName" > "is not" 'Mood'. Did not do anything. > > I started writing this post lamenting my stupidity keeping me from > figuring this out... then a hunch crept up on me. Maybe a faint echo of my > CS studies. This advanced filter does the trick: > > - "TopLevelFolderName" "is not empty" AND > - "TopLevelFolderName" "is not" 'Mood' > > Now my question is: how could I have known that? Is it documented anywhere > (apart from ancient CS textbooks) and I was too blind to spot it? > > If so: where? > > If not: why? > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/65effb02-ca40-4d43-b598-24e546307f27n%40googlegroups.com.
