Hi, As I said on another topic, I’ve just discovered Vikunja which I find very pleasant. From my point of view, a little trick that could make the experience smoother would be to decrease the number of clicks and mouse movements needed to edit a task. For example, if I want to had a priority to a…

I think there’s a few ways to make the ux smoother. Off the top of my head: Adding a keyboard shortcut to set a priority (and other things, as there already exist for ex. for labels) Automatically focus the priority dropdown when clicking on the button on the right Using the quick add magic to set…

Thank you for your reply. Using the quick add magic to set a priority directly when creating the task. It’s already possible using !x syntax, isn’t it? (However, it could be cool to be able to use quick magic when editing task.)

However, it could be cool to be able to use quick magic when editing task. That’s a cool idea I like that! :slight_smile: Should probably be easy to undo wrongly recognized fields which makes it a bit more tricky to implement then a simple “put the quick add magic logic inside the task detail vie…

[image] dpschen: Should probably be easy to undo wrongly recognized fields I think we could do that once we have something like todoist where it tells you what it recognized while entereing.

The current edit Task button is at the bottom. I have 1 suggestion to improve user experience. Edit Task with 1 touch. (click). Here’s a video of me recording the process of editing a Task Card on Trello. [Edit task (card) like Trello]

keyboard shortcuts are always good :slight_smile: but the ability to also use quick add magic as quick edit magic would be fantastic, maybe even directly from the task overview!

[image] xeruf: but the ability to also use quick add magic as quick edit magic would be fantastic, maybe even directly from the task overview! What would that look like?

I agree with improving this. Currently on the task editing page the following options require clicking the button first on the right side then adding the information which is a two or three step process Labels Priority Progress Color User Assignment Attachments Relations Due Date Start Date End Da…

[image] BeatLink: My proposal would be to remove these buttons and have these attributes already on the main page so that editing them can be just one click. If clutter on the task editing screen is the primary concern you can have a settings page where you can enable which option you want to s…

Improving task edit (too many click)

xeruf 11 July 2022 17:04 9

A little pen next to the task title in the list which turns it into a textbox which accepts quick add magic

Add tags just editing tasks title

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Improving task edit (too many click)

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