Import workaround?

[MattH]

Greetings,

I've been looking for a very simple todolist for a long time; even
started writing my own last week. This appears to to do the trick
though - at least after the first 30 minutes.

I noticed there is no "Import", but you can add tasks in bulk but
using the Quick-Add functionality. I did that - worked great!
However, when I dragged the new tasks under the heading I wanted for
them the collapse / expand for the heading no longer works. The tasks
*appear* to be assigned to that heading, but they don't collapse. Is
there another way to "assign" tasks to a heading?

Thanks,
Matt

[Richard Watson]

Hi Matt,

Firstly, the import. No "official" method. You can drag and drop in,
cut and paste in, use the quick-add. There is also a solution that
Andrew put together that relies on an external tool which is said to
do a great job. I've put it on the website but haven't linked to
it...until now:
http://www.tudumo.com/support/Import.htm

The lack of a collapse feature is likely a side effect of a slightly
counter-intuitive interface with not enough explanation - video coming
when I have time!

With Tudumo, you don't collapse individual headings - they are one of
a number of grouping mechanisms. You can "filter" out all but the one
you're focused on, which acts to hide the items you are not currently
busy with. If you have many actions, consider grouping related
actions using tags, which will offer another method of selection and
hiding.

I'd suggest you play with the tags and see if they start making sense.
Feel free to mail me (or the group) if they don't.

--
Cheers,
Richard
http://www.tudumo.com

[MattH]

Richard,

Hmm . . . well, I guess that answers my "feature request" which was to
model the headings after folders in Windows Explorer. Double-click
expands and collapses, single click and wait will rename. How often
do you rename vs. how often you would expand / collapse. Obviously I
would agree the current functionality is counter-intuitive.

That said, I understand you are going for a bit of a paradigm shift
here. A bit like GMail (which I still haven't switched to fully)
where you no longer "organize" messages by folders, you just search.

I guess I would ask you to consider the expand/collapse
functionality. I'll give the 'tags' a go.

Either way I think the arrow on the right side of the headings gives
the impression that expand/collapse is available when indeed this is a
filter. Perhaps something other than an arrow would make it more
clear.

Thanks,
Matt

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[LG]

I agree with Matt. Maybe it's possible to add option to switch
behavior of click/dbl click?

[Richard Watson]

Can do, sure.

The main reason why it's double-click to edit is because it mirrors
the actions, which I suspect you want the edit to be the main action
for and because you have more actions than headings, it takes
precedence. But no reason why this can't be configurable.

Matt:

The expand-contract of the headings is a tricky one. I'm open to
discussion (always) but I feel changing that to mirror Explorer would
add significant fiddling to the filter concept. The filters work
independently so adding a layer of which headings must be expanded and
which not would slow down navigation some.

Anyway, that's IMHO and I certainly don't have all the answers. I
would suggest you try get a good feel for the tags and then see if you
still feel that way. I know at least one user who did (does) want
that feature so maybe it'll come up again.

Cheers,
Richard