Add Task Behavior Preference for Start Date
Reason:
I'd like to add a "todo" to the list of tasks so I remember it, but not have it start until I actually start work on it.
Current (ver 1.2.18) behavior is to set start date to now.
Request
1. Add option to Edit > Preferences > Task Behavior
Option to have a radio selection
... Set Start Date/Time to immediately (default option)
... Do not set Start Date/Time
Having the default set to set to immediately will preserve existing behavior by default
When adding a new task/subtask, use task preferences to set start date/time
When adding effort to a task or subtask, check task / subtask Start Date field
if start date on subtask is not set
... Check Start Date option on subtask
... Set Start Date/Time to start date/time of effort
endif
If Start date on task is not set
... Check Start Date option on Task
... Set Start Date/Time to start date/time of effort
endif
There is now a preference for controlling this, everything here is doable!
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Note that you can do part of this using template tasks. Create a task without start date and save it as a template task (File->Save selected task as template) and use the template for creating new tasks.