Add tags field editing a task

[tombroens]

I use tags in my tasks (e.g. #open, #wfr, etc) to indicate status in my task. I use task queries to filter them in different circumstances. Now managing tags in tasks means editing tags in de task text. Would it be possible to have a tag field in the editor which would read from and transform to something like this:

• tag1 tag2 tagx "task text" dates

Caveat is probably the use of tags in the text of the task e.g. "Notify #personx on #projectx".

[schemar]

Would auto-completion of tags and links in the description field help? I wanted to look into that.

[schemar]

I understand. Thank you for your input!

[Damn-Good-Coffee]

@schemar parsing tags in the description would be a great place to start.

[ushham]

I agree, having auto completion for tags in the description field would be fantastic

[laawn]

@schemar +1 for tags in the description field when editing tasks. Ideally, tag modal should be the same or as close to Obsidian vanilla as possible.

[pcause]

for me adding auto complete in the description field would be a big win and solve the issue

[claremacrae]

In the description, the tags are at the start of the task line.

I put my tags at the end (just before due date etc)

So if implementing this, it would be good for any existing tags not to be moved to different positions in the line when making other edits, like changing dates.

[Cito]

it would be good for any existing tags not to be moved

If this is too difficult to implement, it should at least be made configurable whether they are put at the start or at the end.

[Cito]

When creating a new todo, the tag field should also be filled with the frontmatter tags from the page.

At least until it is possible to filter/group by frontmatter tags instead of task tags.

[laawn]

I 3rd this again. With the new task editing modal and all the recent changes to editing dates and priority, it seems the main thing we're still missing is the ability to edit tags. Currently, you can't call the global auto-complete tag list from the Tasks edit modal at all. You simply have to hope you've put it in correctly.

[claremacrae]

@laawn You don't need to put the global filter in the Tasks edit modal. The modal adds it for you automatically, if you have enabled a global filter.

However, if you haven't done so, please up-vote this request by clicking the up-arrow in the original post above. That's what is used in this project to see relative popularity of features - as it's more time-efficient than counting a bunch of "me too"-type comments...

It looks like this:

[laawn]

@laawn You don't need to put the global filter in the Tasks edit modal. The modal adds it for you automatically, if you have enabled a global filter.

However, if you haven't done so, please up-vote this request by clicking the up-arrow in the original post above. That's what is used in this project to see relative popularity of features - as it's more time-efficient than counting a bunch of "me too"-type comments...

It looks like this:

@claremacrae Upvoted. Thanks!

Sorry if I miscommunicated. This isn't my forte, so I don't have the correct vocabulary to articulate it. I'm not talking about the global "Tasks" filter. I'm talking about the tag auto-complete in Obsidian (see below). There's no way to add tags utilizing this feature in the edit modal. In the meantime, I either have to memorize my tags and input them into the edit modal; or I have to click on the backlink, find the specific task, and add the tag manually.

[claremacrae]

Thank you. I understand.

[Wollwo]

I would also appreciate to be able to edit tags in my tasks in "create or edit task" menu.
tags work well with cardboard plugin, so it would be good to have some drop down picker for existing tags.
Or just by typing new tag into edit box to create new tag.

[claremacrae]

The description field has been redesigned in the Edit Tasks Modal so that it is now expandable and wraps text over multiple lines.

This means it works well with descriptions and tags of any length.

We definitely do need to give users help when typing the description, by auto-completing tags, and by detecting links to other notes in the vault.

I am closing this very specific request, in favour of the much more general one:

• Creation/Edit Menu should support Obsidian's Auto Complete, such as for tags, and linking to other notes with [[]] #1763

Please do up-vote that, by giving it a 👍 ...