Default Contexts

[gret...@gracechurch.community]

I would like to be able to set a default context so when I add a new task or subtask it always defaults to the context I have set and then I can change it in the task properties if desired.  Is there a way to set a default context?

[Joel Azaria]

The closest I think you can get is that contexts are inherited from the parent folder/task.   Let's assume your question is about the Inbox - set the context(s) you want on the Inbox folder and items you add to it will inherit that/those contexts when you add new items.

hth.

[Elizabeth Lindsay]

If this were enabled, I would need to be able to disable it.  I would find it frustrating to have a default context, since I expect I would be changing it a lot.

[Dwight Arthur]

Hi, Gretchen. I have two suggestions:

First, consider using the Rapid Task Entry dialog for entering all of your tasks. It's documented in the MLO User manual, I think around page 107. If you turn off the option (near the bottom of the dialog) for inheriting parent contexts, new tasks will receive whatever contexts you enter in the "context" box. MLO will remember what you put into the context box until you change it.

Second, if you add tasks by on-screen inserts into the inbox, consider assigning one or more contexts to the inbox folder. Any tasks created in that folder will inherit the parent's context(s)