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Posted 2 years ago

leah.shalom

Hi. I'm not sure why you can't modify tags for completed tasks. When I go to one of my lists (with no tasks selected) and click on the completed link in the details box, the completed tasks appear. Then when I select one of the completed tasks I am able to change the tags.

Posted 2 years ago

I just moved back to RTM from another system this past week due to the Android support. I add tags to my completed tasks every week as part of my weekly review and I just tried to do this after seeing this thread. I can NOT do this, either - the task is pretty much read-only except for being able to add notes. This is not good at all.

@Leah, I tried doing what you described from both a smart list and my Inbox where I keep all tasks and neither one of them let me add tags to my completed tasks.

Posted 2 years ago

leah.shalom

benster,

Sorry to hear that it isn't working for you. I don't think that one of the RTM user scripts I use on the web site is making a difference, but maybe it is. You can find scripts at Userscripts.com (search for Remember the Milk), maybe one there can help you.

Leah

Posted 2 years ago

@leah

What browser are you using? Are you able to tag completed tasks at this very moment? :)

Posted 2 years ago

@Leah - thx for the reply. I can't imagine that a user script would make a difference since it looks like RTM doesn't support it. There's no tag icon next to the tags in a completed task. I don't know what's going on with your tasks and I hate to be that guy, but are you *sure* that you're changing the tags on completed tasks and not other ones that aren't completed yet?

What I'd love to see is a response by RTM to just flat out answer the question. I don't care about a 'roadmap' or anything at this point - I just need to figure out what to do before my weekly work review tomorrow. I guess I can put some information in the notes of the completed tasks to search by later on but that's far from perfect due to the possibility of having tasks returned for a search that just happen to have a word or two in their note that I'm searching for.

Posted 2 years ago

Hi benster,
Please review our Ideas forum guidelines on questions about upcoming features and why we can't address them.

The post binaryeric initially linked to gives a workaround that you may find useful for your weekly work review.

Posted 2 years ago

I looked at the other post - uncompleting the task, modifying it and then completing it again is not a viable option. Losing the initial Completed Date is losing critical information.

I'm well aware of your stance on commenting on future features and it's one of the reasons why I moved away from RTM at one point. The reason I asked for a response was because we have a user who says that this actually WORKS for them. I was trying to clarify the current state so that I could decide what I was going to do. I'm not even going to try to read anything into what you said - I simply wanted to confirm that you cannot currently change the tags on completed tasks.

Posted 2 years ago

leah.shalom

benster,

Sorry for the delay in my reply to you. I am currently using Firefox 3.5.5 on a Windows machine and I am NOT able to tag a completed task. I can view the tags on the completed task and sort by them (as well as location), but not edit/add/delete them.

Maybe when I posted earlier I was at home on my Mac (the time I posted suggests that). I will try it on a Mac later and re-post to the forum.

Leah

Posted 2 years ago

leah.shalom

Hi again @benster,

I just tested it on a Mac running Firefox 3.5.4 and I cannot change tags there either. I don't know why I could briefly edit/change the tag but I can't anymore. Sorry for getting your hopes up.

Leah

Posted 2 years ago

K - thx for the info. I'm having to use Notes for adding metadata to a completed task for now and that's not ideal. Hopefully at some point this will be fixed/added.

Posted 2 years ago