Android: Improvements for setting start and due dates
I have one gripe with the Android UI of MLO which may be related to my way of working in which I use MLO in a sort of closed-list approach: I tend to plan which tasks I want/need to do on a per day basis. To do so, I have to edit the start and due date of tasks quite frequently and currently this is a cumbersome process that in my view takes way too many clicks/taps than necessary.
For instance, I call up my due next 7 days view and see that a couple of tasks need to be shifted forward. In the list below, each item represents a tap.
1) tap the task to get to details/overview screen (with the edit button at the bottom).
2) tap this Edit button.
3) scroll down to date section
4) tap the start/end date row (to go to date editing dialog)
5) tap Start date row
(6) change the date.
So I need to tap 6 times to change a date. In my view two things should be changed (and I am proposing these without programming considerations, so I am really curious to learn whether this is actually possible)
A) Make the the dates in the details/overview screen active, so that they can be tapped and then directly go to the date-editing dialog (so the one at step 6 above).
B) Make the sections in the Edit screen moveable so that I can move the date section upward to the top of the screen so I can circumvent the scrolling at step 3. What I'd like to see is similar to how you can reshuffle views in the "Select View" screen that appears when you're in a particular view and tap the header of the MLO window to go to another view.
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Paul Lemmens commented
In a way, the proposed solution for this idea http://mlo.uservoice.com/forums/9235-general/suggestions/2238445-add-due-date-and-context-to-the-press-and-hold would work, however, I think mine is more generic enabling quick editing according to everybody's personal wishes.