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Inline subtask creation during new task setup

Features & Improvements RequestTasks

Allow subtasks to be added at the time a new task is being created, instead of requiring the task to be finished first. Currently, to add known subtasks to a new task, the task must be created, then found, opened, and Subtasks selected before any can be added. A suggested interaction: RETURN enters the task; OPT-RETURN creates the task and opens the subtask window.

Posted by Dodge ·
Status: Future3 comments

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  • Tadej J.

    Team•

    Sep 28

    Hi Dodge, thanks for the suggestion. There are two ways to shorten those steps:

    • In the full task window, enter the task title, then click Add Subtasks before closing the window.

    • If you create it through the command bar (Cmd+E), click View in the creation confirmation to open the task directly, then select Add Subtasks. That saves you having to find it.

    We don’t currently have your suggested Option+Return shortcut. Would either of these options work for you, or is staying entirely on the keyboard the important part?

    • Dodge

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      Oct 17

      Thanks, Tadej! I couldn’t get either suggestion to work, unfortunately, though that may just be my error.

      • For the first, Id didn’t see anywhere during task creation to add subtasks.

      • And Cmd+E didn’t do anything (at least not on a Mac), but even Cmd-K gave just about every option but subtasks.

      Made me hope for a simple keyboard shortcut, the way “//” opens the note function, if not the OPT+RETURN idea that would just open the full task as it’s created. Thanks for considering this build-out!

      • Tadej J.

        Team•

        Nov 2

        Hi Dodge, you’re right, and sorry, my directions weren’t clear.

        • Cmd+E only opens the Command Bar in the desktop app, and only if that shortcut hasn’t been changed in Settings > Shortcuts. Inside Akiflow and on the web, it’s Cmd+K. The Command Bar has no subtask option. What I meant was: create the task there, then click View on the “Task created successfully” message to open it.

        • In the full task window, the subtasks button has no text on it. It’s the bulleted-list icon in the bottom right corner, and you can click it once you’ve typed a title. Hover over it and you’ll see “Add Subtasks ⇧C”.

        • Shift+C opens the subtasks panel from the keyboard, but only when your cursor isn’t in a text field, so it won’t work while you’re still typing the title.

        So there’s no fully keyboard-only way yet to go from a new task’s title straight to its subtasks. Your Option+Return idea is logged on this post, so it counts toward the request.