r/todoist

Am I the only one who thinks this? I'm a Todoist subscriber for 5 years or so, and I can't be the only person who is using the "* (asterisk)" in title trick to make an uncompletable task that instead of acting as a task, acts as a Note/Description. The lack of a Note object, that can stay next to tasks is a big issue that I have with Todoist and for the last 5 years it's one of the most important features to me as an user. I have to get by with uncompletable tasks, but even then the amount of text I can fit on there before it's truncated on description line is limited, so I often use comments instead. Those are not visible by default and need another step of going into a task to view them, so often they are just not good for this use case.

This description feature is a good step into that direction, and the first ray of hope for me and many others, but it's poorly executed.

1. This is exactly same as uncompletable task, with the exception you can hover on it and see a markdown formatted result. Why don't you let us choose if we want it to be visible by default, or hoverable? I would much rather have a way to write a few "core principles" for this project of mine at the top, format it in markdown and then have tasks below that.
2. If you stick with hoverable, then why is the box that appears after hovering so small? It's 40-45% of the line length, why not increase that or let us configure it / resize it?
3. Where is an option for people to disable descriptions? Some of us don't want to be forced into a specific schema and might want to continue using the app the same as before, there should be a flag to disable this in settings.
4. What's stopping you from creating a Note object? You already have markdown in the app, you already have an uncompletable task option by adding an asterisk. Why not just create a Note object, so we can create Notes and Task objects? You could add them as a separate collapse/uncollapse button so that we can collapse notes, collapse subtasks separately.

This is really a step into right direction, but there's fixes that need to be made...

Todoist developers (or development managers) must have nothing to do because they continue to cram stuff on my screen I don't want. First it was inspiration on the right side that I have to close. Today I see this crap at the bottom of a project:

https://preview.redd.it/42hlfolbz8bh1.png?width=831&format=png&auto=webp&s=4a37006cd48ba71edc6f2fb6b6dcf22a0cc7ccfa

Clutter is a distraction. If you want to add stuff like this, make it a setting and default it to off. Less = better focus.

They're thrashing around trying to dream up "improvements" when there's already a list of real features that users have requested; features that would make it a better task manager.

It's too bad; TD was a great app but it's becoming an add-a-useless-feature party.

When entering the multi-select view in iOS (still via press-and-hold or via two-finger swipe — still neither my favorite), all the priority colors disappear. I’m not sure if that’s a new thing or if I’m just realizing consciously how much I don’t like it. But I don’t like it.

Here’s why: Especially if my whole day goes sideways and I need to reschedule a large number of things, it’s extremely helpful to be able to see which were of higher priority and which were not, without having to reread all the titles. Occasionally, I’ll have a fairly long list of overdue items because something broke my flow, and it’s important to be able to see the red and orange items to bring them into today so that the rest can be spread out into the week if they don’t fit. Obviously, this is a lot harder to do if you have to memorize which was which ahead of time.

Thanks!

...Please let us filter the upcoming view by project.

Right now, every project gets thrown into one giant list. Weekly planning is a pain! The only color coding is for priority, but priorities are usually relative within a project. A P1 task in Project A isn’t necessarily more important than a P2 task in Project B, so the priority colors lose almost all their meaning when everything is mixed together.

A simple project filter in Upcoming would make weekly planning so much better! Better yet: give us the option to color code upcoming view by project!

Edit 2: This may be related to the pop-up that only appeared after the update version listed above talking about cookies (See reddit post/comment here for context: https://www.reddit.com/r/todoist/comments/1ums9j8/comment/oven1q5/). After clicking "Deny Non-Essential" is when mine, and others', keyboard shortcuts got all wonky.

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Anyone else experiencing this? I just updated the desktop app while using it less than an hour ago and for some reason hitting 'Q' doesn't do anything anymore. I tried alt+Q, shift+Q -- nothing.

At first it seemed to function like tab by highlighting instead of creating a new task, however it doesn't "tab" over other things like regular tab, just highlights that one item. As you can see my 'q' key works normally everywhere else but now I have to manually add tasks by clicking.

Is anyone else experiencing this or is my Q key starting to go sporadically and this is how I find out?

Edit 1: I've already tried restarting the app multiple times by right-clicking the icon in the system tray and clicking "Quit Todoist".

Me hitting 'Q' after swapping back to the window and it does this

1st

8 months ago the roadmap for future functions had been requested by several users (LINK). A month later u/domjost answered with 'not yet' - so I assume it is existing now? Where do I find it?

2nd

On the other hand I am also searching for a list of most wanted features which are requested by users (for months, years, whatever), but haven't been solved or implemented as functions yet. 2 examples:
- Project Notes (LINK) (to avoid having to use Obsidian in parallel)

- how to track Goals (LINK) seems to be an issue for many users too

I guess list 2 should be in the hand of users to add items and wants freely or vote / upvote functions.

I was hoping that the new Project Descriptions feature would be a replacement for the trick of using an un-completable tasks to add project notes. I presumed you'd be able to edit it in-line and it would be a multi-line box that could include markdown etc. The editor lets you do this, but then removes all line breaks and formatting when you close it and view the project, rendering it pointless.

I currently keep separate project notes in Obsidian and was hoping I'd be able to retire this practice but I guess I won't be able to for now. Hopefully they will improve on this feature. Anyone else feel this way?

I want a setting to disable both of these new features.

Some projects have recurring tasks that repeat forever so they never hit 100%. TD can't calculate progress or show insights without start dates, dependencies, etc. It has always been a task manager, not a project manager, so these features are TD trying to be something it isn't.

I'd be happier if new features like descriptions for projects, start dates (for tasks and projects) were on the roadmap.

Hi, I am trying to replicate the super easy Google Assistant reminders feature in Todoist.

When I say "Remind me to call John at 8 PM", Google sets a reminder and sends a notification at that time.

If I try the same with Ramble, it instead sets 8 PM as a date, not as a reminder. I know I can set it up from the UI, but just speaking to my watch/phone is way too comfortable.

I would like to know if I can set a reminder from Ramble and how.

I would love to know how your experience in, and beginner mistakes to avoid?

I've been a todoist pro subscriber for a little over 2 years now and Project and section description have been the feature that I have most wanted in todoist for a long time. (i call them "top level notes")

So today I got an email that they were live and i was overjoyed. Section descriptions work well and are pretty straight forward, but for project descriptions ... I can't figure out for the life of me how to add one.

Am I doing something wrong? Is it in a different menu that I'm just overlooking?

Any help would be appreciated it.

P.S todoist team :: The insight feature (the old Goal) feature, is exactly the right implentation for it (within a project). Would be nice for the project description (top level notes) to live here also.

I do not mean “complete a task and create a brand-new follow-up task.” I tried Todoist Task Helper and that isn't what I'm looking for. I do not want to create a new task, because the later subtasks already exist. I need the next existing step to show up only after the previous step is complete.

What I am hoping for is:

• I have one parent task with a sequence of subtasks: step 1 & 2 are dated/visible.
• Later steps exist but are undated because they depend on prior steps.

I want this because when I complete a step, I have to remember to go to the project, review the whole sequence again, decide which next step is now relevant, and manually date it. I just keep forgetting to do that.

Example:

1. Contact a company about a repair (date: today)
2. Follow up if no response received (date: next week)
3. If/when the company replies, send any requested additional information
4. Once received, print return label and pack it up
5. Ship the item
6. Check refund/replacement status

In this example, when I complete step 2, I want step 3 to automatically become visible (automatic "today" date or reminder or label or something?).

Has anyone done this with an integration or workaround?

The Windows application (if you can even call it that) is unusable.

Upon startup, the program consumes nearly 900 MB of RAM.

For comparison: Thunderbird uses 190 MB,

Obsidian uses 160 MB.

When I start adding, checking, unchecking, or moving tasks around, the app's RAM usage can spike to 4-7 GB (even Chrome with 50 tabs and extensions doesn't use that much).

I know there are memory-clearing features and the like (which reminds me of the old "just restart the system or reformat" advice).

This bloated mess is impossible to use. It takes 5–10 seconds just to launch.

Of course, I could use it in a browser, on my phone, or via the CLI.

My computer meets the requirements for GTA VI. Maybe Todoist has even higher requirements?

Or perhaps they need to hire a team of developers and build a native Windows app instead of using Electron.

For this reason, I am not renewing my subscription; unfortunately, I am forced to look for an alternative that truly cares about the customer and fully addresses their needs.

I was curious about to know the location base reminders actually helpful feature. How it's help you or just a over engineering feature. Please share you thoughts and if it helpful then share your story please

I'm a private teacher and Todoist is essential for me as a way to keep track of booked lessons, when they are and how long they are. Lately, whenever I edit the name of, edit the priority of, duplicate, or even view a task, there's a high chance that the duration or end time will simply disappear. I can't post a video here so I'll link one in the comments. Is anyone else having this issue?