Trouble setting default list

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#1

Good day community.

I’ve been a happy user of Goodtask for over a year now and had good success setting all the defaults as I wanted them. Originally I successfully set the default list for all new tasks to “Inbox” and would then move to the correct list, but realized I didn’t really want that as most tasks were in “Personal” list. So I deleted “Inbox” list and set the default list to be “Personal” (in Settings>New Task>[Default]List). As it happens “Personal” is also the first List in the list of Lists.

My difficulty is that all new tasks default to a different list (“House List”) which also happens to be the second List in the list of Lists.

I’ve read the manual, searched this forum, and done a general google search. I’m stumped. How do I set “Personal” as the default List?

#2

Hi @jedwards, thanks for using GoodTask.

If you set default list, it should work when you make a new task. If you're in some other list, it may change according to 'Settings - New Task - Contextual' option.

If something is not working properly, check 'Settings - Lists & Calendars' and see if lists are shown there properly.

If nothing works, try 'Settings - Advanced - Reset calendar connection'. This will reset your lists and calendar settings. You may need to reset filters if needed.

Hope it works. Thanks!

#3

Your suggestion didn’t work directly, but it had me consider some options and try something… it worked.

I was creating Tasks in a Smart List which shows my three main lists and hides others. I went to another Smart List (All Tasks) and created a Task… it worked fine. So I went back to my main Smart List, deleted the “House List” and then added it back. It now creates new Tasks in “Personal” as I set.

Thanks for the help. I really enjoy this app.

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