Flag Sorting

[TerBear]

My tasks I have coded with flags for priorities, A, B, or C. When I
"Sort Subtasks" on the Parent, the flags do not sort correctly, i.e.
some A's will be in the middle of of B's, or same for those without an
assigned priority yet.

Am I missing something?

Appreciate any help on this issue!

-Terri

[Neal]

Flags are a wonderful tool in MLO.  They don't sort alphabetically.  They sort in the order you have them defined.  Go into "Manage Flags" and order them the way you want.  That will be how they show up in the views.

[TerBear]

Thanks for your quick response, Neal!

Following your advice, I moved 'A' all the way to the top, followed by
'B', then 'C', saved my file, then sorted again. I am coming up with
the same results...darn! Any other ideas of something I might have
forgotten, or another tweak?

For now, guess I just better go back to using a To-Do view, but sure
was hoping to use the outline

-Terri

[Neal]

I guess I am confused now.  There isn't really any sorting in the outline view.  Only the ToDo Views.

On the Todo view I group by flag ascending and have not had any problem.  You can also sort the same way.

[Lisa Stroyan]

For now, guess I just better go back to using a To-Do view, but sure
was hoping to use the outline

Oh!  You are talking about the outline?  

Sorting is static in the Outline, NOT dynamic. Sorting in the Outline changes where the tasks "live". Sorting in Todo view changes how you see them.

You are probably better off with a custom Todo view that is just what you want. It's more powerful to use Outline as a static structure and then Todo views for ordering, slicing, dicing, etc.

I have my Outline grouped by the life focus area that the tasks live in. Then I can zoom into one area and focus on that, and all of the Todo views will also focus on that area, temporarily.

In Todo view, make sure you aren't in manual sorting mode, and that Flag is the topmost sort field, if that is the way you want to do it.  group by flags, rather than sort. Let me know if you need details.

 

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Lisa Stroyan
www.empathic-parenting.com