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Quick entry of Tags

doubletap says:

I have a ton of Smart Lists in the spirit of GTD that I use for contexts and projects. I use the new quicksilver plug in for task entry as well as just creating tasks on the site itself.

Is there a way to perform some type of a quickadd like in google calendar where I type "Pick up milk Tomorrow" and the due date is made as tomorrow? Or more specifically, I am looking for the ability to tag so I could say "Pick up the milk Tomorrow S:@errands @car" and it would tag it appropriately and make it due tomorrow?

I am pretty sure the answer to this is no, but it gets a little tedious creating the task on the go, then going back and reviewing later with the proper tags and due dates.

Thanks

Posted at 4:26pm on January 7, 2009

ranbarton ProPower Poster says:

Pardon what must seem repetitive, but when I see the same good ideas surfacing over and over, I am compelled to note the fact.

The idea of parsing the text in the data entry field, and in inbound emails, has been around since RTM was wet behind the ears, and I have watched the idea resurface over and over.

See below for prior threads along these same lines:

http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/211/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/1633/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/1923/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/2229/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/2270/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/2393/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/2425/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/2580/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/2650/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/3017/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/3088/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/3126/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/3414/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/gmail/4405/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/4565/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/4860/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/4878/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/4923/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/5057/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/5135/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/6091/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/6427/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/tips/6456/

Phew. Maybe one day Bob will get around to this.

Posted 3 years ago

lauryced says:

C'mon Bob ! It can't be THAT hard to implement !

Posted 3 years ago

vjcamarena says:

agreed. One of my top 3 missing features in this wonderful app (especially considering you do this already with email or twitter or th API)

Posted 3 years ago

jondcoleman Pro says:

any progress on this? I would love to see this

Posted 2 years ago

mehardin Pro says:

It's called Smart Add. It's been implemented for a few weeks now.

Posted 2 years ago

andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:

jondcoleman,
More info on Smart Add and related changes to the site.

Posted 2 years ago

leinad.klein says:

i love SmartAdd! But please place some hint to this by making a "Did you know you can use SmartAdd to add a task?"

I had to search myself for this on the forums

Posted 8 months ago

leinad.klein says:

oh i found the question mark near task entry, but this could be made more visible i suggest, especially for first time use of RTM.

Posted 8 months ago

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