Available Actions

Toolbar

Toolbar

Task's local menu

Local Menu

Task List's local menu

Task List Menu


New Subtask... (New Task)

creates a new subtask of the selected task and opens a dialog to edit the task.

New Task List...

creates a new task list in the file system.

Start (Start a task)

starts the task. The small icon (Started) marks the task that you are currently working on. Started task will remain started after a NetBeans restart. The owner of a started task will be set to the name of the current user if it was empty.

Pause (Pause)

stops the task if it is currently running.

Show Task

shows a dialog where the task's properties could be edited.

Go To Source (Go To Source)

shows the file assciated with this task in the editor.

Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete

These work just the way you would expect it. Select a tasks. Then use the toolbar - or context menu or keyboard shortcut - actions to invoke cut, copy, paste or delete.

Move Up (Move Up)/Move Down (Move Down)

move the selected task up or down.

Import

You can import certain types of data into the tasklist as well. Currently only iCalendar and xCalendar files are supported, but we hope to support at least ASCII todo files soon.

Export

You can create an HTML or XML version of your task list.

Search/Filter... (Search/Filter...)

shows a dialog where filters could be defined.

Remove Filter (Remove Filter)

removes the currently active filter.

Purge Completed

when you've marked tasks complete (by either selecting "True" for the "Done" property, or "100%" for the "Percent Complete" property) you can get rid of the tasks by using the "Purge Completed" action.

Clear Percent Complete

clears the completion status by all subtasks of the currently selected task. This action is very useful for working with checklists.

Copy Todays Hours to the Clipboard

copies information about tasks you have worked on today into the clipboard.

Expand All/Collapse All

You can quickly expand/collapse all the tasks shown in a tasklist by selecting the "Expand/Collapse All" context menu item.

Properties

shows a property with task's properties.

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