More Quick Actions #581

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opened 2025-11-01 20:59:41 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @xeruf on GitHub (Sep 2, 2025).

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Currently I can favorite a task from the overview - if I could also assign a user, add labels, set a due date - such common operations - that would be very handy:

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These could be conditional, i.e. only show user assignment action when no user is assigned.

Which alternatives did you consider using instead?

This would of course also be very doable in the table view, which in my eyes will only really become useful once it is editable just like an actual spreadsheet, making vikunja very intuitive for people coming from spreadsheet task management.

Currently a lot of clicks and loads if I added some tasks and want to modify them quickly

Originally created by @xeruf on GitHub (Sep 2, 2025). ### Description Currently I can favorite a task from the overview - if I could also assign a user, add labels, set a due date - such common operations - that would be very handy: <img width="1230" height="140" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/df883ced-16cf-4156-9bc9-1518ebb49fc7" /> These could be conditional, i.e. only show user assignment action when no user is assigned. ### Which alternatives did you consider using instead? This would of course also be very doable in the table view, which in my eyes will only really become useful once it is editable just like an actual spreadsheet, making vikunja very intuitive for people coming from spreadsheet task management. Currently a lot of clicks and loads if I added some tasks and want to modify them quickly
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@kolaente commented on GitHub (Sep 2, 2025):

Do you think this would be solved with a right click context menu?

Adding icons for everything right in the task bar would make it overcrowded very quickly.

@kolaente commented on GitHub (Sep 2, 2025): Do you think this would be solved with a right click context menu? Adding icons for everything right in the task bar would make it overcrowded very quickly.
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@xeruf commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025):

maybe a mix? most common operations in the right, more with right click? because right click does not work on all interfaces well.

the tool could even learn common operations, cause I think an extra config option would be a bit silly

for example

  • in a project without collaborators the assignee option is not needed
  • a task with a label may not need an add label quick access button
  • setting prio option if there is no prio
  • setting color option if there is no color AND any other task has a color

cause this is for initial quick classification, detailed edits can still be made later

@xeruf commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2025): maybe a mix? most common operations in the right, more with right click? because right click does not work on all interfaces well. the tool could even learn common operations, cause I think an extra config option would be a bit silly for example - in a project without collaborators the assignee option is not needed - a task with a label may not need an add label quick access button - setting prio option if there is no prio - setting color option if there is no color AND any other task has a color cause this is for initial quick classification, detailed edits can still be made later
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Reference: github-starred/vikunja#581