The Anatomy of a Task
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Each row in the task table contains a single task as illustrated below:
In the above exampel the "Paint House" task has three child tasks. The estimates for the task are automatically calculated from the children.
Common ShortCuts
| Mac | Windows | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘ Right | Control+Right | Demotes the selected tasks making them a child of the preceeding row. |
| ⌘ Left | Control+Left | Promotes the selected tasks or tasks.. |
| ⌘ Enter | Control+Enter | Inserts a new task at the current row. |
| ⌘⇧ Enter | Control+Shift+Enter | Inserts a task row below the current row |
| ⌘ Up | Control+Up | Moves the selected rows up. |
| ⌘ Down | Control+Down | Moves the selected rows up. |
| ⌘ D | Control+D | Duplicates the current row. |
Editing Durations
Task duration can be entered as minutes, hours, days or weeks by appending the duration with the letter m, h, d and w respectivly. The following are examples.
| 25m | a duration of 25 minutes |
|---|---|
| 4h | four hours |
| 2d | two days |
| 3w | and three weeks |
Automatically Adjusting the Alternate Column
When editing either the estimated or remaining time, pressing Alt+Enter will adjust the adjacent column by the same amount.
Todo Items
Tasks can also be set to a duration of 0. In this case they become a todo item and the remaining column displays a checkbox indicating if the item has been completed or not. The following shows a todo item that hasn't be completed.
