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An inactive task can still be the next action.. 13 years 1 month ago #4604

  • fremington
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Could a user choose to make projects that have only inactive actions with a start date stay 'green' (or at least be a different (less urgent) colour to red)?
I really like that TR makes projects red (and associated goals have a warning icon) when there is not a next action defined, it is really helpful in the review process.
However... I use inactive actions with a defined start date a lot as many projects are non-continuous and I do not want to clutter up my already alarming ASAP screens: and I use inactive tasks to get round having to check both asap screens and scheduled screens (which latter are reserved for pretty routine stuff so tends to be pretty cluttered). This has got more important with getting the hang of the android app, where it is really useful to have anything at all important automatically turn up on the ASAP screen.
So, an inactive action with a start date is often for me the next action on a project, meaning I don't need to consider that project again til its next action pops into my ASAP lists: So, I don't want to have to check that project every review in case it has not got a defined next step. That's why it would be good that projects with a next action as an inactive task with a start date (and any associated goals) looked like it had a next action.
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Re:An inactive task can still be the next action.. 13 years 1 month ago #4605

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Hi fremington,

that is a good question.
Sometimes I have the same problem as you that there are a lot of projects with an inactive next action.

For me, the following works.

I take this projects and put them into the future tab.
Then at the configured start date of the project or the action, the project appears with a green symbol in my project list.

Best regards,
Benjamin

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