Please remove the "Add task" button
alexisa says:
This is so painfull to have to click to get an empty text field. This button is useless and time-wasting.
garth.olson says:
I think I understand your problem. I also beleive there is a better solution.
Clicking the "Add Task" button in the RTM Task page opens a single blank line entry point. It seems that all you can enter is a title. You then seem to have to scramble your mouse around to find the the area for additional input.
On the other hand, I also use the Google Gadget for RTM, When you click the "Add Task" button, or a the "+" button on the day header row, this Gadget pops an entry box with fields for most key RTM data elements. This is a very good Feature.
I would suggest upgrading the home page RTM "Add task" function to provide a simple data entry box similar to the Google Gadget..
Regards
Garth
Clicking the "Add Task" button in the RTM Task page opens a single blank line entry point. It seems that all you can enter is a title. You then seem to have to scramble your mouse around to find the the area for additional input.
On the other hand, I also use the Google Gadget for RTM, When you click the "Add Task" button, or a the "+" button on the day header row, this Gadget pops an entry box with fields for most key RTM data elements. This is a very good Feature.
I would suggest upgrading the home page RTM "Add task" function to provide a simple data entry box similar to the Google Gadget..
Regards
Garth
Copy this script and paste into a bookmark. It uses the mobile Quick Add (log in the first time) and has all the fields (except notes). It will take the URL of the current page and add that. If you highlight some text it will use that as task name.
java_script: (function(){h='m.rememberthemilk.com';p='/add';if(window.getSelection){t=window.getSelection();}else if(document.getSelection){t=document.getSelection();}else if(document.selection){t=document.selection.createRange().text;};cp='http://'+h+p+'?name='+t+'&url='+location.href;w=window.open(cp,'addwindow','status=no,toolbar=no,width=200,height=560,resizable=yes'); setTimeout(function(){w.focus();},500);})();
Remove the "_" in java_script.
java_script: (function(){h='m.rememberthemilk.com';p='/add';if(window.getSelection){t=window.getSelection();}else if(document.getSelection){t=document.getSelection();}else if(document.selection){t=document.selection.createRange().text;};cp='http://'+h+p+'?name='+t+'&url='+location.href;w=window.open(cp,'addwindow','status=no,toolbar=no,width=200,height=560,resizable=yes'); setTimeout(function(){w.focus();},500);})();
Remove the "_" in java_script.
alexisa says:
Thanks Rajjan, this is a good alternative.
Garth> My issue is not really to not be able to easily input additional parameters, but just to not be able to input a task name without first clicking on a button.
Garth> My issue is not really to not be able to easily input additional parameters, but just to not be able to input a task name without first clicking on a button.
ab (Remember The Milk) says:
@alexisa Do you know about the keyboard shortcut 't'? Pressing 't' will bring up an empty task for you to start entering the task name, it functions just like pressing the "Add Task" button.
There are then numerous shortcuts to jump to the additional fields. Personally I like to press 't', type my task name, hit enter, then press 'd' to jump to due and use 'tab' from there to hop to the next fields.
It takes a little learning but you can get around RTM without touching the mouse much. There's lots on it here: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/help/answers/basics/keyboard.rtm
There are then numerous shortcuts to jump to the additional fields. Personally I like to press 't', type my task name, hit enter, then press 'd' to jump to due and use 'tab' from there to hop to the next fields.
It takes a little learning but you can get around RTM without touching the mouse much. There's lots on it here: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/help/answers/basics/keyboard.rtm
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