Info: ToDoList 7.2.RC5 is available for download

[.dan.g.]

Hi Everyone

Get it here or if you have any previous 7.2 pre-release you can update via 'Help > Check for Updates'.

Please only add bug reports and comments about 7.2 to this thread. 

Comments elsewhere will be ignored.

What's Changed from 7.2.RC2:

• Fixed icon editing of root 'Mind Map' item
• Fixed crash when attempting to restore inaccessible network tasklists
• Fixed 'Calendar' tasks drawing over the top of each other
• Fixed render artifacts in 'Reminders' dialog when dragging column header
• Added 'Parent Task' name to 'Reminder' popups
  

Enjoy!

[Steve Jovanović]

Hi Dan,

In 7.2RC5, in the Kanban view, subtask indentation works correctly in Backlog, Active, Not Started, and Pending. But it does not work in Completed. All of the subtasks there are not indented. No parent task names appear at all.

Note that Options→Show Parent Tasks is selected. And in Kanban Preferences, "Sort subtasks below their respective parent task" and "Indent subtask" are selected.

Can you please fix this?

Thanks,

Steve

[Steve Jovanović]

Hi Dan,

There is a bug having to do with task durations not being perserved as you move a task in the Week Planner view from one day to another. To reproduce it:

1. First, set ToDoList Preferences→Tasks→Task Attributes→Time Estimate to 30 min.
2. Go to the Week Planner view.
3. In that view, right-click and select New Task→At Bottom.
4. Type any name for the task name.
5. Drag the bottom handle of the newly-created task's calendar entry to make the task three hours in duration.
6. Select the task's calendar block, and move the task to an adjacent day.
7. Notice how the 3-hour duration becomes a 30-minute duration!

7 is unexpected behavior. A task that has a duration of 3 hours on 8/28/18, when moved to the next day or some other day, shouldn't contract to have a duration of 30 minutes. It should always remain 3 hours to be consistent.

The same bug happens in the Calendar View, too.

[.dan.g.]

Thx Steve, can you also fix up the embedded image please?

[.dan.g.]

You'll need to give me a bit more Steve, since it doesn't seem to be a problem for me.

Best would be if you could modify the default 'Introduction.tdl' to show the problem and post it and your preferences here.

On Tuesday, 28 August 2018 15:08:00 UTC+10, Steve Jovanović wrote:

[.dan.g.]

Thx Steve, I can reproduce this one. I can see that enlarging the task within the Week Planner does not update the time estimate.

[Steve Jovanović]

Hi Dan,

The easiest way to reproduce the Kanban bug is with this procedure:

1. Create a new task list.

2. Add three tasks: Task 1, Task 2, and Task 3.

3. Make Task 2 and Task 3 subtasks of Task 1. (Indent them both by one level.)

4. Switch to the Kanban view and ensure that Options→Show parent tasks is selected.

5. Move Task 3 from "Not Started" to "Completed."

You should get something like this:

I would expect that parent task Task 1 would be shown in "Completed" just as it is in "Not Started," since both Task 3 and Task 2 are subtasks of Task 1. 

It could be argued that until both Task 2 and Task 3 are finished, Task 1 is still in progress (and therefore belongs under "Active") and should not appear in "Completed." But if that's true, then "Task 1" shouldn't appear in "Not Started," since Task 3's completion implies that Task 1 has been started. 

Also, I agree that Task 1 is not completed when only Task 3 has been completed. But the problem is that Task 3 does not show its parent task, even though Options→Show parent task is selected. 

If Task 1 not being fully completed is the reason that Task 1 does not appear in "Completed" as the parent task of Task 3, I suggest that an alternative visual way of showing the parent task be implemented. Perhaps you could draw an arrow from Task 3 in "Completed" that points to Task 1 in "Not Started," or you could add "Task 1" to "Completed" but somehow show that it's only partially completed. 

As it is now, "Task 3" is in the "Completed" silo without giving any indication of what its parent task is, despite the fact that Options→Show parent task is set.

Thanks,

Steve

[.dan.g.]

Week Planner fixed in 7.2.RC6

On Tuesday, 28 August 2018 15:21:31 UTC+10, Steve Jovanović wrote: