ToDoList (AbstractSpoon) Support

1) The bug is that when you have the option to adjust task's start and due dates based on subtask's earliest of start dates and latest of due dates.
If you have selected a task and then select a time span in a day that is earlier than the earliest of the start days of the rest of it's subtasks and create a new subtask (out of bounds), the bracket in the gannt chart gets updated, which means that the start date of the task got updated but in the weekly planner at top view the time span of the task still shows the initial start date of the task and hasn't changed to include the newly created subtask although it now has a new start date as it proves from gannt chart.


2) And another problem, still with task's start and due dates based on subtask's earliest of start dates and latest of due dates:
In the top area of the Week Planner a parent task with calculated dates based on the subtasks.
The problem is that the parent task can still be moved to the bottom area of the WP, so the duration can be reduced, without any consideration for the calculated dates.

PS: Same in the Calendar. In fact, it seems the settings below (in Preferences > Attribute calculations) are not handled in the Week Planner and Calendar views?

So could this all be summarised as:

When a new subtask is added in the Week Planner (or Calendar) outside the existing range of the parent, the parent range does not get recalculated ?

I'll proceed on this basis and you can add any clarifying comments when you have time...

[Update]

Q1. Given the following set of subtasks and a wholly calculated parent, should the parent be displayed (but immovable) if it hasn't been explicitly hidden in the Week Planner preferences? Currently it only appears if it has assigned Start and Due dates. This perhaps is what you meant by your 'PS.' comment about the parent calculations not working in the Week Planner and Calendar...

So perhaps a better summary might be:

The Week Planner and Calendar views ignore the preferences to auto-calculate parent task dates.

Dan,

When a new subtask is added in the Week Planner (or Calendar) outside the existing range of the parent, the parent range does not get recalculated ?

Correct

So perhaps a better summary might be:

The Week Planner and Calendar views ignore the preferences to auto-calculate parent task dates.

Correct, sounds like the appropriate summary, although I haven't tested all the situations to confirm it.

It seems this topic is between the bug and the missing feature, and maybe a significant amount of work to do on your side... (?)

In addition, I have the feeling that implementing the auto-calculate parent task dates in Week Planner and Calendar, although IMO very needed, could lead to an annoying 'cognitive dissonance' in these views, because the dates displayed in the task view will not be the same as the dates in the dates edit fields (it is less annoying in the other views like like Task Tree or List View, because the columns show the calculated dates in a different way than assigned dates).

I know you don't really like cross-referencing with other subjects, anyway I can't help thinking that, with calculated dates, deeper improvements and simplifications throughout the entire program would be desirable (eg: viewtopic.php?p=8024#p8024). But I don't dare discuss the matter any further here. Just my opinion.

abstr wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 03, 2023 1:43 am

It seems this topic is between the bug and the missing feature, and maybe a significant amount of work to do on your side... (?)

Indeed. I've reworked the title and moved it to 8.3.

Djo wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 03, 2023 4:53 pm

But I don't dare discuss the matter any further here

Yes, let's not go there just now.

Fixed in 8.3.DP3

Had a feeling that I had to check out the forum