Editing an item

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I think I'm being a little dumb with this one.

Once I've created a to-do item, how can I go back and edit it? e.g. change the title of the to-do

I can't seem to find any way or keyboard shortcut for it.

Thanks for any guidance :slight_smile:

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Hi @MrTall, thanks for using GoodTask.

You can tap the task and edit them right away. Tapping title on top will edit title and the rest is same.

If you can't find the task you've created, check on other lists especially the Reminders list that you've made the task on.

Or you can make a smart list with 'Recent' filter to make it easier to get to the tasks you've recently created.

Thanks!

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Thanks for the reply. Seems to be working now. Oddly the Mac wasn't allowing the newly created items to be modified. odd. All working now anyways, thanks for the response. :slight_smile:

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I'm on the Mac app (trial version so far) and I can't edit an item without opening the details page. The functionality is supposed to be that you can click an item (or click it to highlight and then click again?) to edit inline, a la Reminders app?

Is this just a limitation of the trial version or am I misunderstanding something? All it does when I click an item is highlight or unhighlight it, it never goes into an editing mode until I double click to bring up the details page or command-D/Enter for details page.

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Thanks for the feedback. Editing an item can only be done in item detail pane. You can move it into the main app window by ‘Menu bar - View - Integrate panel’. Thanks!

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I'm so surprised by this!

Is there any way to modify a default setting so when i'm using GoodTask on Mac that I can simply click the task, and modify the title, without having to double-click it, open the task pane, then click into the title where I want to edit, and begin editing? Seems like a lot of extra clicks.

Another question I'd have as a followup is... is there a way I can create a new task and press enter and create another, and keep going like this? It seems like I have to add each new task from the task pane, individually. Is that right or is there a quicker easier way to brain dump adding tasks in bulk... add, press enter, add, press enter, etc.

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Hi @Jordan_Dayton , thanks for the feedback.

  1. You can press 'Enter' to open task detail page directly. You can also set up option in 'Menu bar > View > Integrate Panels' to put in task detail page on the right side of the window.

  2. You can use 'CMD-SHIFT ENTER' to run 'Add More' which will let you add continuously on 'New Task' window. By default, other values except title will be preserved. You can change option inside 'Settings > New Task > Add More' to clear other values too if needed.
    Thanks!

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Made an account to say this as well

I've come from Omnifocus, things 3 and apple reminders which all allow inline editing of tasks as well as task notes

I understand that "Integrate Panel" is a workaround but it's so much more clunky and out-dated.

This is probably the thing thats holding me purchasing the Mac app as I'm just using apple reminders. Please implement this feature. It will make the app feel much more pleasant and modern!

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