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[Christoph Haas <email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 09.08.2010 03:59, schrieb Chris Johnston:
> I don't like how, if you complete all of the tasks of a certain tag, say
> @Ubuntu, the tag disappears.. I would like to have the ability to have
> the tag remain visible.

Indeed. I'd go one step further and wish for a more seperate tags
editor. At first I right-clicked on the left pane trying to add a tag. I
was surprised to see that didn't work. Same for getting rid of a tag by
opening every single task and remove the tag text manually.

After all assigning tags to tasks is easy by dragging the task over the
tag. So adding tags freely and keeping them regardless if they have
tasks assigned would be great.

 Christoph

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Introductory task set should suggest organizing tasks in a tag hierarchy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/615027
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Bug description:
[Problem]
It's not evident to newbies how best to organize their tasks.  The default set of tasks on initial start up do suggest using tags, but don't suggest much about tag hierarchies.  However, the tool is sort of designed with this organizational scheme in mind.

So even if it's not the *only* way to organize tasks in gtg, perhaps gtg could be more explicit in suggesting it.  It could help reduce some of the confusion and impedance mismatch we see from people who are still getting up to speed with the tool and have progressed beyond the "simple shopping list" stage to where they need deeper organization.

[Original Report]
I would like to be able to group my tasks per category. Take a look at "gtodo" - it's the list of categories on the bottom-left side of the windows there.

Example:

- "Household" category: vacuuming the appartment, buying cat food, painting walls, paying taxes
- "Open-source projects" category: fixing bugs in GTD, submitting Firefox extension, answering user requests
- "Work" category: repair the UPS, tidy up the server room, replace faulty patch cable in conference room

That way I could just switch to the right context and would just see tasks that belong to this context. Currently I see all the householding tasks at work which doesn't help because I'm kilometers away.