Create code for task and category
Dear the team,
I have a suggestion about create code for task and category: beside Subject and Description there is a new Code field. Program may generate it automatically at the creation (an auto increase number for example).
Then user has ability to choose the option to display Categories and Prerequisites as code instead of full text in the task list. I suggest setting this option as default at the first time of TaskCoach installation.
It will improve the display of those columns in current version of TaskCoach (1.3.17). Currently, most of information in Categories and Prerequisites columns is not useful because they are very long, especially for Prerequisites column.
For example, if I have the root category "All" with code ALL. Then I create sub-categories "Planning" - PL, "Analysis & Design" - AD, "Development" – DEV, "Customer Support" - CS, "Research & Development" - RD. Then they will be display in Categories column as following:
ALL->PL instead of All->Planning
ALL->AD instead of All->Analysis & Design
ALL->DEV instead of All->Development
ALL->CS instead of All->Customer Support
ALL->RD instead of All->Research & Development
The displaying of those columns is improved very much; the size is very short but enough information.
Thanks & regards,
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AdminAaron Wolf (Admin, Task Coach) commented
You could just make your categories with these short codes, and then use the description to write your long name.
Otherwise, I think my suggestion here is a better more realistic solution to the real problem with excessively long column information:
https://taskcoach.uservoice.com/forums/26465-desktop-version-windows-linux-mac-of-task-coach/suggestions/3071426-add-icon-only-iconized-option-for-most-columns