{"id":658,"date":"2025-02-14T15:25:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=658"},"modified":"2025-02-14T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:25:48","password":"","slug":"add-a-new-task","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/docs\/web-good-day\/add-a-new-task\/","title":{"rendered":"Add a new task"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the &#8216;Today&#8217; or &#8216;Tasks&#8217; page there are multiple ways to trigger the creation of a new task<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"127\" height=\"39\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-83.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-916\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click on the &#8216;Add task&#8217; button found in the sidebar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-84.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-917\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click on the &#8216;+&#8217; toolbar button found in the toolbar area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"72\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-85.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-85.png 384w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-85-300x56.png 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-85-360x68.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">If the task display includes columns with a date setting, then clicking over the date text will open the &#8216;Add task&#8217; form with that date automatically set as the scheduled date.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each of these three methods will open the &#8216;Add new task&#8217; form<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"877\" height=\"817\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-86.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-86.png 877w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-86-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-86-768x715.png 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-86-360x335.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only mandatory field in the &#8216;Add new task&#8217; form is the task title.  All other fields can be left blank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the user has input all the required data fields, the new task can be saved by clicking on the &#8216;Save&#8217; button.   At this point the form will close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the save process a pop up message will appear to show that the new task is being saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-87-1024x217.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-87-1024x217.png 1024w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-87-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-87-768x163.png 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-87-360x76.png 360w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-87.png 1029w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If for any reason the &#8220;Add new task&#8221; form does not automatically close, then the user should close the form themselves, and check whether the task was actually created. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the &#8216;Today&#8217; or &#8216;Tasks&#8217; page there are multiple ways to trigger the creation of a new task Each of these three methods will open the &#8216;Add new task&#8217; form The only mandatory field in the &#8216;Add new task&#8217; form is the task title. 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