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Create sub-task directly from another task

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Submitted by hanpa on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 14:04

Most of the user interface is intuitive but the process of adding a sub-task is too awkward for me, in that it seems that I need to first create task and then select the desired project afterwards.

A natural way to add a sub-task would be to select a task (viewing Task Details for the task) and then use a "+" button or similar with the meaning "create sub-task to this task". When this button is used, a sub-task is created with the previously task selected as Project and Task Details for the new task is viewed automatically for creation of new sub-tasks.

Another button could be "=", with the meaning "create a task at the same level, after the currently selected".

Please add this feature, there is a lot of empty space at the bottom of Task Details for this.

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How to create a sub-task directly from another task

Submitted by earlllama on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 23:42.

Hi hanpa,

When you want to create new task A in existing task (=project) B:

  1. Drill down in your outline so that LB's Outline tab is showing just the outline of Task B and its children if any (i.e., the name of Task B is shown in the title bar of the outline). My iPhone LB is set to do that with a double-tap on an outline item; yours may be set differently.
  2. Click the Edit button at upper right.
  3. Scroll down past any existing subtasks to the bottom (which is why it's easy to not notice this method), and click the green Add new Task button and enter the details of Task A as desired.

-Earl

Adding a new sub-task

Submitted by mithu on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 02:40.

Here's another way. As an example, say you have a top level task called "Home" and it has a project "Fix drawer" with 3 sub-tasks, "Buy new bracket", "Clamp & glue frame", "Sand edges".
Now you want to add a new sub-task "Replace handle" to "Fix drawer".

1. Switch to "Outline" mode (bottom taskbar)
2. Click on arrow to the right of "Home".
3. Click on arrow to the right of "Fix drawer". Now "Fix drawer" is the active project and you can see the existing 3 sub-tasks.
4. Click "Edit" (top right menubar)
5. A new "+" button appears on the left in the menubar. Click it.

This adds a new sub-task to the "Fix drawer" project. It's almost the same as the steps described in the previous comment, but instead of the last step being to scroll all the way to the bottom (could be a long list), you can add a new task right away.

I think this was added recently because I don't remember the "+" button always being there in the menubar. I always had to scroll to the bottom before. The menubar one is so much easier, I use it all the time now as my default way of adding sub-tasks.

Regards,
Mithu

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