Release 7.20.0: Re-use query instructions in "Presets" - and big performance improvements · obsidian-tasks-group/obsidian-tasks

What's Changed

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Here are the most notable user-visible changes.

🌟 Features

Presets facility (fixes #2443 and #2267)

Presets allow you to save commonly used task query instructions and reuse them across multiple queries.
Instead of repeatedly typing the same complex filters and sorting options, you can define them once in settings and reference them by name.
For example, this is useful for daily notes with standard task queries, where you can now change search criteria in one place and have all your task views update automatically.

Major performance boost

Tasks searches now only run when visible, and not on inactive tabs by (fixes #2999) @claremacrae in #3438

Review and check your Statuses

The 'Review and check your Statuses' feature in Tasks Settings now adds sample tasks, so you can test your custom statuses easily, and check their styling by @claremacrae in #3440

Obsidian 1.9.x (Insiders) Users

Screenshot of Default Presets

💪 Fixes

fix: Support line continuations in TQ_extra_instructions & placeholders by @claremacrae in #3450
fix: Suppress Tasks Auto-Suggest in Task-Board plugin modal (#3475) by @claremacrae in #3477

🌍 Translations

i18n: Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian translations of sample tasks by @bav2653 and @claremacrae in #3441
i18n: Add German translation of settings UI by @i-am-the-slime and @claremacrae in #3465

📖 Documentation

docs: Link Sorting.md to related section in Grouping.md by @adam in #3461
docs: Write up observations on Obsidian 1.9.x property reading by @claremacrae in #3491

🛠️ Behind the scenes

Some of the significant volume of work required to create the Presets feature (originally called Includes):

feat: Partial implementation of 'include' instruction by @ilandikov in #3437
feat: First try at editing named reusable task block statements by @claremacrae in #3446
feat: Add error-checking of duplicate names of "Includes" by @claremacrae in #3460
feat: Editing any Includes setting redraws open Tasks searches by @claremacrae in #3463
feat: Arrange the delete button in the includes settings by @ilandikov in #3473
feat: Allow Includes settings to be re-ordered by @claremacrae in #3476
feat!!: Rename 'include' facility to 'preset' by @claremacrae in #3485
fix: Improve the layout of Includes section in settings by @claremacrae in #3452
fix: Includes settings now work on mobile and narrow windows by @claremacrae in #3472

Other changes:

refactor: add IncludesSettingsService class by @claremacrae in #3457
refactor: Improve the maintainability of IncludesSettingsUI.scss by @claremacrae in #3470

Full Changelog (including changes too small to note above, and that do not affect the behaviour of the plugin itself):

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