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Chris Lee

25 Apr, 2011 04:15 PM via web

Hi there,

When I move a task to a project, it seems the "area" is removed or disappears. Is this a bug?

  1. 2 Posted by Lasse on 26 Apr, 2011 07:29 AM

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    @Chris,

    when you move a task to a project, it adopts the project's area. This behavior is intended because in GTD projects aren't a collection of various independent tasks that belong to a common category (say "finances", for example). Instead, a project is an outcome ("paint living room") that takes more than one step to achieve ("decide on color", "buy paint", "paint living room"). That's why sub-tasks (tasks within a project) always belong to the same area as the project.

  2. 3 Posted by Proximo on 26 Apr, 2011 06:37 PM

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    Perfectly explained by Lasse. :-)

  3. 4 Posted by Chris Lee on 26 Apr, 2011 06:48 PM

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