Tasks
Tasks in meil brings your own tasks and tasks from project rooms together in one place. You'll find the app at my.onmeil.eu under Tasks, and you can create tasks straight from email, files and chat.
The lists in the left-hand menu
| List | Contents |
|---|---|
| Inbox | Tasks without a plan. New tasks, and tasks created from email, files and chat, land here. |
| Today | Tasks scheduled for today or earlier, plus unscheduled tasks that are due today or earlier. |
| Upcoming | Tasks scheduled for a later day, or unscheduled tasks with a due date in the future. |
| Scheduled | Project tasks you have placed here under Schedule. |
| Someday | Tasks you have parked with Someday. |
| Log | Completed tasks, grouped by day (Today, Yesterday, date). With Show archived you also see archived tasks. |
The number next to each list is the count of open tasks. Below the lists you'll find My projects and, in business accounts, Shared projects — see Projects and areas and Shared projects.
List or kanban
Open View in the top right and choose List or Kanban.
List shows the tasks in order. In Today, Upcoming, Scheduled and Someday they are grouped by project, with No project and Shared tasks as separate groups. Drag a task to change the order, or use Move up and Move down.
Kanban shows five columns: Inbox, Next, In progress, Waiting and Done. Drag a task to another column, or click the column name at the bottom of the card. The columns are tied to the lists:
| Column | Lands in the list |
|---|---|
| Inbox | Inbox |
| Next | Upcoming |
| In progress | Today |
| Waiting | Someday |
| Done | Log (the task is completed) |
Kanban is not used in Log.
Filter and search
In View you can also:
- filter by Priority: All, High, Medium or Low
- choose All, Mine or Project (the last one in business accounts)
- turn on Show archived
- click Refresh
The Search tasks field filters the open list by title, notes, source, project name and tags. Find everywhere (⌘/Ctrl K) searches all your lists, including completed and archived tasks, and lets you jump straight to a task, a project or a project room.
Badges on a task
Each task in the list can show small badges:
- source: Mail, File, Chat, Project room, Poll or Decision
- priority: Low, Medium or High
- the project or area the task belongs to
- Overdue once the due date has passed, and Waiting or Blocked for project tasks
- checklist progress, for example 2/5
The list heading also counts overdue tasks, for example “7 tasks · 2 overdue”.
Complete, reopen and archive
Click the circle in front of the task (Complete task) to complete it. It moves to Log, and the message Task status updated gives you an Undo button. In Log you can open the task and click the circle again (Reopen task). When everything in Today is done, the list shows “All done for today”.
Your own tasks can also be archived without being completed: open the task and click Archive, or press Delete or Backspace on a selected task. The message Task archived has an Undo button. You'll find archived tasks in Log with Show archived, grouped under Archived without completion, and you bring them back with Restore.
Project tasks are archived in the project room, not from Tasks.
When you're offline
If you lose your connection, the app shows the last loaded tasks with the message “You're offline. Showing the last loaded tasks.” Changes have to wait until you're back online.
Keyboard shortcuts
Press N for a new task, J and K to move through the list, X to complete. See Keyboard shortcuts.