Displaying todo deadlines as an overlay

[dmorlitz]

I have just found the option that allows you to display the recursive amount of time spent on a task as an additional overlay on each header. I would like to add an option to display the DEADLINE of each task on the headline (just so I don't have to either collapse/expand everything)

I was wondering if you thought this would be possible and - if so - then I will take a shot at trying to find the code that would make this work. I just don't want to start working on something that was not even possible.

Just for clarity, I do know about the agenda view. The exact issue that I am trying to address from this UI/UX perspective is to determine the dates of many tasks under a single headline that can span a large amount of time. I believe that adding the DEADLINE as an overlay will let me see the longer plan for each group of tasks in a better way than the agenda view does........and and agenda view does not allow you to immediately edit tasks. I will also be taking a look at saved searches to see if I can replicate the view I am interested in using that tool.

[schoettl]

It's certainly possible to add such a overlay view to headings. It sounds reasonable. I think it should be an option though, like the time spent on tasks.

Regarding search, see the sample.org, accessible through organice settings.

The time related filters are:

- =scheduled= (shorthand =sched=)
- =deadline= (shorthand =dead=)
- =clock=
- =date=

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[dmorlitz]

Jakob, Thank you for the feedback. I would definitely add it as an option via the Settings panel. I will start taking a look at the code and see if I can figure out the right way to add this. David

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[dmorlitz]

I have created a branch where viewing a deadline is now visible as an overlay - and I have added the setting to the Settings panel to allow you to toggle this on and off.

I was hoping to ask for some help. While the settings screen does persist the variable into the .organice-config.json - it does not appear to load the value back properly.

I think this situation might affect the option that displays the time per headline as well, but I haven't done any testing there.

I was wondering if someone could point me in the direction of what I am missing? My branch is at https://github.com/dmorlitz/organice/tree/deadline-overlay

[dmorlitz]

Nevermind - I found the problem