If you rely on tags and smartlists, then you can use the tags to accomplish this exact request, as they do appear - works like a charm.

I've just tried the Android App and I also love how it shows the list name under each task. I think this should be an option in the web app too. If the user were able to customise alignment and visibility of tasks that would be a bonus. For example on a smart list which is showing all tasks tagged with @work I don't want to see @work next to every task; I want to the the list the task is on.

I would also love to see the list listed. I don't want to use tags for this purpose, as @ranbarton suggests, because I have different tags and lists for my own organizational purposes.

I also like how I can see the list an item belongs to when I view an item by tag on my iPad. I wish I could see that in the web interface. As things now stand, I sometimes find myself with both my computer and iPad open, though I'd much rather just stick to the computer when I'm at my desk, simply because I type faster in it.

I also think this is one of the nicest features in the iPhone app and would love it to appear in the web interface.

Agree - I use tags and lists for different purposes. I would really like to see the list name appear in smart lists (as well as the tags).

I have just converted all of my lists to tags and smartlists, had to rejig things around a bit but I'm pleased I've done so now since things looking tidier with the tag cloud and smart lists only (plus the tags being displayed in smart lists of course)

I so very much want this feature in the online desktop version, too. If it isn't available or planned, I too will definitely have to consider using tags only instead of lists.

I'd say that it should always show the list a task is on (unless *ONLY* that non-smart list is viewed).

In a search or smart list view, I want to see what list a task of mine belongs to. I don't see this having been set up and wasn't sure how to hunt for whether someone else has made the suggestion.

I use smart lists and searches a lot and that's where I'd want to see them.

The idea of using tagging is fine, but since I don't find you can "move" a bunch of tasks to a tag or have inheritance (if you add a task to a smart list, that the task inherits the tags and such of the smart list), to me it means I'd have to do a lot of editing.

Hence, I've pretty much given up on tagging at the moment -- it just seems like too much work.

This look on the Android app is fantastic and does not draw away from the simplicity of the site. Would be great on the website as well.

I'm just getting started but I would also love for the smart list to show the original list name of a task.

I use lists for my different work projects instead of lists with sub-tasks and it works like a charm. I use tags a completely different way and don't want to combine them. The problem is that when I go to look at all the things I have to do at the office in my smart list, I can't tell what project that task is for unless I select it.

This is one of the best features of using it on the iPhone and I can't understand why it doesn't show on the web. Please implement this feature!

Throwing my vote in for this feature as well.

It is an essential feature. Actually I emailed support team about this before seeing this thread.

What I wrote to them was:

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I have different lists with different email and SMS notification setting
is relative google calendar lists. So, which tasks go to which list are
important - so, the possibility to enter a wrong task to wrong list will a
bit mess the notification settings, and an important task can get a few
notifications. It is easy to enter a wrong task (after mistakenly entering
it to a wrong list). So - is there any way to see which task is in which
list when we view them in "all tasks" list? So we can verify everyhing at
one look? Otherwise we will have to select all lists one by one, and
checking if all tasks over there are in good order, which is a longer
process and more open for mistakes. So can we see the tasks list names, as
we can see the tags, in "all tasks" list?

So as I wrote above - the tags will not work as effective as lists. I am using different notification settings for different lists in Google Calendar - so making tags won't work.

would still really love this!

Has this feature disappeared on the iPhone? Would love to be able to see which list a task belongs to without having to touch the task in the list.

Very handy feature! I have it on my Android Nexus One phone. Would love to have it on my Android Samsung NOOK tablet and the website.

I do not see the task ID in the Address Bar as part of the URL.

Above posted in wrong thread.

Not being able to see to which list the listed tasks belong in certain views is certainly a lacking feature.

Idem. Je comptais utiliser les listes pour identifier mes clients mais pas de colonne 'listes' dans la liste des tâches
Dommage

In the web app, do an advanced sort for your smart lists and group by List.

+1 AGAIN

I'll throw a vote in for this. I use the GTD methodology and my smart lists are my "contexts".

So if I'm looking at my "office" smart list, I might have a task like "Chat with Simon".

But that only really makes sense at a glance if I can see it's from the list for "Website design" or whatever, adding crucial context.

I can't believe this is years old. I don't see the list name under tasks in the Android app. At a minimum this should show on the web version. This is ridiculous. I have the same task name on dozens of lists. How and I supposed to know what I am looking at?!!?!?!??!

I am very surprised that this is lacking after all these years. Most other task managers that have "smart lists" do provide the list name as part of the task display. This is easily the biggest deficiency in the product right now for how I use it. The tags idea is certainly workable, but a little burdensome for people that have more than one list. It makes one wonder why the product would have the combination of lists and smart lists without this key feature to bridge them together.

+ 1 vote for this simple and important feature in the web app.
Smart list with an advanced sort with group by List is not sufficient.

Please can we have this?
I set projects as lists, but many of my projects have similar tasks such as “agree scope of work”, or “send programme to client”.
If this shows in my today schedule I have no idea which project/list it’s for without opening it.

I like the clean interface; however I would like the option to see the list name as it adds useful context to the task / item. I'd like to see it on both web and mobile UI, perhaps a very light shade of grey to keep is minimalist.

LOL - searching the forum to find out if / how to get the list name to appear and discovered I've been here before... I must REALLY want this feature!

Noticed about four threads on the same subject. Would be good to combine all the votes...

In the task lists no of subtasks, tags etc. are shown but no list name. This should be a problem. This is for me very important and an main argument against RTM.

The usage of tags, because they are displayed in a list, can only be a workaround. I am not a friend of using tags for almost everything. A list is the basic instrument for structuring tasks. I do not understand why this causes such a discussion. Many things are displayed in lists (smartlists, tag lists, list) but no list name.

Hi!
Scenario1:
View tag "buy". See task "nails". Do not know the project ("list"). Is it from "Make a chair" or from "Make a table"?
Scenario2:
View tag "PC". See task "Select images". Do not know the project ("list"). Is it from "Write blogpost" or from "Vacation"?

So.
1. I definitely vote for this feature.
2. I suggest to place "list" name before tags in task row.
3. I don't like the idea to place list name in tags. Because:
a) duplication of list name;
b) task is anyway in some list

List - is project. Tag - is kairos.

I was just going to chime in, but I see that I did so 11 years ago, so no need to repeat myself.

Kind of crazy how long this thread has been around.

As has been mentioned already, this can be done in a Smart List by grouping by list.