Tasks Window

The Tasks window provides an organized overview of tasks that are recorded in a task repository.

The Tasks window contains the following elements:

Element Description

Filter

Type a string in the text field to filter the list of tasks to tasks that contain the string.

Categories

Tasks are grouped by category in this section. You can create custom categories for your tasks. By default this section contains categories for scheduled tasks and recently opened tasks.

    Schedule

Categories for tasks that have a scheduled completion date are created by default. The default categories are Today, This Week and All.

    Recently Opened

Default category that groups all recently opened tasks.

Repositories

Local and remote repositories are grouped in this section. You can add remote task repositories in this section or in the Services window.

    Local Tasks

Default task repository that you can use to store tasks locally. No external task repository is required.

The following icons are used in the Tasks window:

Element Description

Set Tasks Window Sorting icon

Modify sorting order for tasks

Set Filter icon

Modify filter of displayed tasks

Create Category icon

Create category for grouping tasks

Remove finished tasks icon

Remove all finished tasks from categories

Refresh icon

Refresh

Add Repo icon

Add repository

Task icon

Task

Add Task icon

Create a new task

Create New Query icon

Create a new query

Search task repository icon

Search for a task in the repository

Local repository icon

Local task repository

Remote task repository icon

Remote task repository


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