Closed feature request

Quick add: a + on each section to add tasks to it, and a + on each task to add subtasks

stephen · ·closed by Drew Owens

Request

Add a quick-add control on each section (phase) for adding tasks to that section, and one on each task for adding subtasks to it. The subtasks part depends on adom/adom-gantt#5 (subtasks).

Today every new row goes through New (Shift+N), where the section is picked in the panel. Adding a run of tasks to one section takes more steps than it should.

Suggested behaviour

  • Hovering a section header in the left-hand list shows a + beside the chevron and count. Clicking it opens a blank inline row at the end of that section, with the cursor in the name.
  • Type a name and press Enter: the task is created and another blank row opens under it. Adding a list of tasks is then just names and Enter. Esc, or Enter on an empty row, stops.
  • The same + on a task row adds a subtask, indented under that task.
  • Optionally, a "+ Add task" line at the bottom of each expanded section, like the one ClickUp shows at the end of each list.
  • Defaults for the fields a task needs:
    • The section comes from where you clicked.
    • Owner, status and tags carry over from the New panel's remembered values.
    • A new task's dates could start the working day after the section's last task ends (or today in an empty section), one week long.
    • A new subtask could take its parent's dates.
  • Everything else is edited afterwards in the item editor, as now.
  • Each row is created the normal way: one undo entry, one changelog line, and the added sidecar path.
  • It works in both the chart's label column and the Table. Like New, it leaves Dependency mode first.

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Drew Owens ·

Built in 0.79.0 and live on the team plan since 0.80.0 (2026-11-05).

  • Hover a section or a task and a + appears. On a section it adds a task at the end of the section; on a task it adds a subtask.
  • Type a name and press Enter: the row is created and the next blank row opens. Esc, or Enter on an empty row, stops.
  • It works in both the chart and the Table. Each row is one undo entry and one changelog line, and new rows get the same defaults as the New panel.
  • The "+ Add task" line under every section was left out on purpose, to keep a long plan uncluttered.
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