Forums

Discuss all things Remember The Milk.

Help Forum

menu

Custom list not showing subtasks

cobrastyle says:
Howdy folks.
This is my main 'today' list:

(due:Today OR dueBefore:Today) OR list:INBOX

This morning I discovered it doesn't show subtasks that are due today.

I've tried some variations but can't get both subtasks and not-subtasks to show up. Does anyone know what I'm missing?

Thanks!
Posted at 6:56pm on December 17, 2019
robert.ward says:
If the parent task of the subtask is also shown, the substasks will be nested inside of the parent. They will not show up separately.
Posted 5 years ago
cobrastyle says:
SOLVED!

Thank you - that was a nice Christmas present!!
Posted 5 years ago
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
Hi cobrastyle,
Subtasks will show when they don't appear alongside the parent task, but if they show together they will be shown "inside" the parent task.

If your parent tasks are due later, the subtasks should show in your Smart List, in other words.

Sorry for any inconvenience there! Hope you're able to set this up the way you want.
Posted 5 years ago
(closed account) says:
However it is worth noting that if the parent task is not visible then the subtasks are.
I use this quirk (feature?) this way:
- Create an "umbrella" parent task which has subtasks.
- At the beginning of the day, the parent task is due so it's all i see for that "topic" of activity.
- I review the subtasks and decide which one(s) I want for today. the ones I am not going to do today I push to due date tomorrow.
- Then I set the parent task to due date tomorrow as well.
- I'm left with just the subtasks that I plan to do today.

This works well for me so thought I'd share.
Posted 4 years ago
This topic has now been closed automatically due to a lack of responses in the past 90 days.