Creating Tasks on iOS App when using Context filters

[James Moan]

Looking for help on a simple issue I have not found a solution to.  I use the context filters a lot to keep things separated.  But when I'm using the mobile app to create a new task, there is no option to assign a context.  So with every new task, when I create it and enter the name, hit done .... and it disappears because new tasks do not have any context and the context filter filters out the new task.   I then have to go to context filters, turn them off, navigate through all of my tasks, find the new one, and give it the context.   After that it shows up.

With the desktop app, this is easy to avoid.  Rather than creating a new task, I can duplicate a task with the context I'm looking at.  So it stays visible with the context filter applied.

But the mobile app does not seem to support duplicating a task, and I have not found a way to create a task with a context before the filter hides it.  This is really limiting my use of this great tool, because it's a dozen clicks for every new task created while using the context filter.

I'd appreciate any insight into a feature I am missing or a trick to avoid this issue.

Thanks.

[John Hughes]

In the IOS app: Create a view and group the items by context. Go to the group under the context you are interested in and select one of the items. At the bottom of the screen click on the square with a plus sign. Type in the new item and hit enter. The new item will have that context.

Another way would be to create new items in the inbox or the Today view. They won’t go anywhere when you hit enter.

[James Moan]

Thank you.    Clicking on a task with the same context before I hit add new (plus sign) does carry the context to the new task.  That works great.   

[Michel V]

James,

You can also add your task using the "Add to Inbox" Blue box at the bottom of the Task list view. Once in that new task creation window you can for example type :

Buy some milk @Grocery

And hit "Parse and preview task". If the context exist it will use that context and if it does not it will offer to create it.

Michel