contexts by keyboard
Dwight Arthur
Filling in task details in the Properties (right) sidebar under Windows 10, I tab into yje Context box and start typing. I type "#co" and notice a little popup box with two entries, "#computer" and "#cooking". I want the computer entry, so I type an "m" and the "cooking" entry vanishes. Now, my task is to inform MLO that the context displayed in the little box is the one that I want and should be recorded as the chosen context. I could do it by typing "puter", or by picking up the mouse, mousing over to the context and clicking it. But either of those options is too much work - there must be a way to do what I want with just a few taps.
I've tried all the combinations of Space, Tab and Enter, alone or combined with Shift Alt or CTRL - none of them seemed to have any effect. Any suggestions?
- Dwight
Wallace Gilbraith
Hi Dwight
Short reply:
Alt-C to jump to Properties > General > Contexts
There, type enough of the text string to filter the list
Enter will select the top one in the filtered list
‘ho’ will suffice to choose ‘”3Home’ as a context
It filters to show ‘@ Shop’ too, but ‘@ S’ sorts lower
Alt-C seems to jump you there from anywhere else
Longer reply, as background:
My Contexts list (F8) includes
" DOMESTIC========
"1Self
"2Desk
"3Home
"4Garage
"5Garden
All begin with “ so ‘things to do domestically’ are grouped
The numbering forces them to sort logically rather than A-Z
This helps on Android, which is scroll-tap, rather than key-type
But on desktop, ‘ho’ suffices, no need to remember the ‘”3’ bit
I have other groups of contexts, such as
! DIRECTION========
" DOMESTIC========
# PEOPLE=========
& TECH===========
@ LOCATIONS=======
The caps and ===== makes the groupings more visible in Android
These special characters sort the same on Windows and Android
I know your system is already mature, but this may help others
Regards
Wol
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