The BEST tasks plugin in Obsidian

[@farzadmf]

LOVE these "full walkthough" videos you do for plugins

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Thank you. They take a lot of time to make 😁😅

[@bc4198]

​@@DannyHatcherTechIt's worth it to us, at least 😊

[@farzadmf]

Completely understand, specially with the high quality and the detailed walkthough that you do!

[@unotoli]

There are dozens of videos on tasks, with jumps and tricks, but this one is a journey! It's very well put together, yet simple. No questions left, no gaps, no bells, just pure logical options. What a joy (for a very tech experienced guy). Unquestionable like and subscribe, kudos and thanks!

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Thank you so much for this!

[@walbertfreitas]

This is the best video about this plugin, by far! As a Brazilian and a newbie to Obsidian, I've been trying to understand how to use this plugin and set a GTD system on Obsidian and your video is the one that saved me! Thanks a lot!

[@michaeltodd2012]

Danny, thanks so much for taking the time to do this. I have been using Tasks for quite a while but missed the new dependency abilities and the CSS for displaying backlinks as a single character is great.

[@msanchesfroes]

The best and most complete tutorial on Obsidian about tasks!!!!

[@yairreyes9288]

Yeah, I needed this to love even more obsidian, obsessidian

[@NewsRemy]

... and there was light ... in my head ! Thanks

[@char3736]

I've been playing with Obsidian for a few weeks, it has a learning curve, but I believe it is worth it as it will allow me to centralize all my notes, projects, and to-do lists. Danny this video is epic. Now I can get rid of Todoist (which has been plaguing my google calendar with stuff) and be able to run all my to do lists exactly as I want. This whole concept of Obsidian is totally sick. Even adding external .md docs from the outside into the appropriate folders get digested.

[@Drugvigil]

Excellent tutorial

[@wowKitch]

When I reached the point where a single toDo had multiple dates and a priority added my brain just shut down, lol ...This vid is going to take all weekend for me to process. Thank you for making this though, it's great info and it really helps.

[@Khoukharev]

Great video as always.

[@polakpuckstopper]

Superb video. Thanks so much!

[@DustinMillerPolyInnovator]

Thank you for sharing the hot key thing, I have been hating making the tasks manually. I didn't realize it was "checkbox"

[@Monadology1]

I'm using metadata menu right now for my tasks. I have a task fileClass with a number of properties including status.

[@hasanyilmaznet]

Thx Danny. This plugin is insanely powerful. Great timing for me. I was thinking about to giving up on Todoist and going with Tasks plugin. Tasks plugin Dependency style is weak, do not find functional. Chain few tasks (with Statuses) can be good. But need visual improvement. May be like recurring tasks. When I finish 1/5 step, that step should be finished and show me next 2/5 step above/below. Also I had an issue with Autosuggest function because I use Various Complements plugin. Solution: Adding a suppress trigger in Various Complements plugin options for lines that start with checkboxes. (- [ ]*) Todoist is very clean and smooth. I will try both for a while and decide later.

[@ericowen56]

Thank you for your help.

[@ivocosta7281]

Thanks @DannyHatcherTech for making this video. Can you please let me know which calendar plugin you have used in the video or is it morgen. How are your tasks getting synched on morgen calendar?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

I don't remember this video, but my tasks are now being synced into Morgen via their new integration.

[@chriseah]

Thanks for the explanation! What plugin do you use for the calendar?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

I don't actually use Obsidian for the calendar I use Morgen.

[@jairoruiz6059]

Thank you very much for the video! Task is a very powerful plugin, and you have covered all aspects of it very well. I have a question. There are times when I want to create a list of checkboxes without them turning into tasks (for example, a shopping list), but when I write "- [ ]", Task automatically converts it into one. Perhaps you have encountered the same issue and know of a solution. Thank you very much in advance.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

If you want a list of checkboxes you need tasks otherwise it is a bullet list. If you dont want them to appear in a tasks query then use either the global filter or query filters.

[@artdempsey846]

great video Danny. I have two things that have been on my mind about this plugin and I'm curious what you think. I am using Metadata Menu plugin for my projects status and priority file classes. So I now have a dropdown from frontmatter for P1 through P4 similar to Todoist but this tasks plugin has way too many priorities and the emojis don't match what I have added to my file class. Do you know if it is possible to set custom priorities? The second thing is that I am curious if using Todoist and this as a task management system make much sense to you? I like the user expereience of using the Todoist App, its quick and easy and I can get the tasks synced to Obsidian BUT I cant do much once I get there like move tasks to kanbans or notes. I can call them with a query but I cant really move the notes around and that is the part I want to solve. Create quick tasks with the Todoist app is really nice but id like to be able to compartmentalise them more in obsidian later on. Your tutorial on the Metadata menu was great btw. Took me so long to wrap my head around that one and your tutorial was the one that helped me understand it.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Custom priorities on the task plugin - no Todoist sounds fine to me. My tasks in Obsidian are more 'projects'...

[@MrShoaibislam]

What calendar plugin/app is that? Looks pretty interesting

[@DannyHatcherTech]

I use Morgen.

[@tomtomico]

Without reminders on mobile, task management is still pointless in Obsidian... To be able to trust your task (life) management tool, we need to know that it will remind us of important things we plan on doing. Without it, what's the point?

[@elixirfun]

What's the calendar you're using?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Morgen. I have a few video on the channel about it.

[@RandomHavoc]

How robust is Tasks now with mobile?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Sorry not sure as I don't really use Obsidian on mobile.

[@Kartavious2]

I use on mobile almost exclusively just to manage household. Works well.

[@Andrew-7324]

27:30 Nice calendar. What't s the name of it?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Morgen. I have done a few videos on it 😁

[@Andrew-7324]

@@DannyHatcherTechYes, Already started your video. But how do you managed Obsidian Tasks integration with Morgen?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

@@Andrew-7324 at the moment it is a manual input but they are working on an integration.

[@nathanielfarrugia]

Do you still use morgen tasks or have you switched to Obsidian tasks? Or is this just an overview of the plugin and you are still using Morgen tasks?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

I use Morgen. Obsidian tasks are more 'projects'. This video is an overview for those interested but also in preparation for the Morgen + Obsidian integration 😁

[@nathanielfarrugia]

@@DannyHatcherTech when do you reckon it is happening?

[@richardneil4651]

for wat use tasks in obsidian if exist special apps for todo lists like ticktick, todoist and etc?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Use cases include - full replacement, granular tasks, tasks related to notes or for me tasks which act more like projects.

[@richardneil4651]

​@@DannyHatcherTech sound very spicific. Maybe on examples i can touch it. However, few mounth ago finished study essay. And also all my notes and "wrigings" keep in obsidian

[@IamTheHira]

Anyway to use it with a calendar view?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Not right now... integration in progress 😅

[@senfglas214]

I am trying to integrate this with the TickTick app, replacing the #todo with #ticktick and if I’m lucky my #insertyourlistname will also fall into the right place of the app. If this works it would be awesome. Then you can spawn Tasks from any file, instead of having only one file in the entire vault for all tasks, which just is not mighty enough imo.

[@sickair45]

how about showing how you use it IRL?

[@DannyHatcherTech]

The IRL videos on Obsidian plugins become out of date very quickly as developers add and change what can be done. In the case of this plugin, I was using it because of another tool, rather than for the plugin use case alone.

[@Flackon]

So many configuration options and yet no way to get rid of emoji

[@DannyHatcherTech]

You can use the dataview format if you want. [key:: value] I prefer the emoji's... the information needs to be stored somewhere 🤷‍♂️

[@Flackon]

@@DannyHatcherTech I noticed the format, but it looks like the emoji are hardcoded in the actual reading mode preview? Not a fan of the style basically

[@chaosordeal294]

"struck through"

[@turanamo]

Please try and shrink this to under 20 minutes for those with short attention spans.

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Skip or jump around the chapters to find what you are looking for.

[@senfglas214]

I also would have liked a shorter version, but after watching it for 15 minutes by now, I must say I enjoy the thoroughness of it. Good thing I took a big break before watching because else I would just phase out.

[@MesoCarib]

This isn't TikTok

[@oninomarugoku226]

I like it that way … I also would watch 90 minutes

[@5654Martin]

For me perfectly fine. As a viewer, use the chapter marks.

[@dfalfan]

This plugin is atrocious. Jesus Christ. Obsidian is not made for task management

[@DannyHatcherTech]

All personal preference.

[@michaeltodd2012]

Would agree if you are a commercial project manager. But, for general daily use, once a handful of queries are in place, it can certainly track what most people need to.

[@gee00wizz]

What's the rationale behind your comment, @dfalfan ?

[@smoocher]

Thank you. Although I'll need to spend quite a bit of time getting used to the plugin and implementing it (I'm really bad at using ANY kind of task program), this video should help significantly. Cheers!

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Thank you. I am glad I can help!

[@NatureWorksGarden]

Thanks for such a thorough treatment, really useful reference :)

[@mikelittlezed1]

"struck through"

[@franzvanpoppin9418]

I love the features of this plugin, but hate the way it looks with all the clutter around the tasks. I mostly use edit mode, and the css doesn't apply there, obviously. Wish I could hide the stuff in a sub list and keep them folded or something like that. Either way, I know I'm missing out on some of the features, but I'll make do without for now

[@DannyHatcherTech]

Agreed!