Creating Tasks

Learn all the ways to create tasks in Cadeo.

From the Inbox

1. Go to Inbox in the sidebar
2. Type your task in the input field
3. Press Enter

With Natural Language

Type dates and times naturally:

• "Submit report tomorrow at 9am"
• "Call client next Friday"
• "Review budget in 3 days"

The date appears highlighted in blue as you type.

From the Timeline

1. Go to Today or Week view
2. Double-click on an empty time slot
3. A task is created at that time

From Meeting Notes

1. Open a calendar event
2. Go to the Notes tab
3. Type /task followed by the task name
4. The task is created and linked to the meeting

Quick Add (Cmd+.)

Press Cmd+. from anywhere to open Quick Add and create a task in one keystroke. To focus the inline new-task input instead, press Cmd+Shift+N.

Task Properties

Property	Description
Title	Task name
Notes	Rich text description
Project	Project assignment
Area	Area of responsibility
Schedule	Date and time
Duration	Time estimate
Deadline	Due date
Priority	P1, P2, P3

In the task window, the details sit in one line under the title — the ones you've set show their value, the rest are faint. Click any of them to change it.

A new task starts where you are, however you create it (⌘⇧N, the + button or ⌘K): inside a project it goes in that project, in an area it goes in that area, under Tasks → Today (or Tomorrow, This Week, Someday) it's scheduled there, and in the Planner it's on the day you're looking at. ⌘K shows where it will save ("Saving to Website relaunch"). A date you type, or a project you pick, still wins.

In a list, each task shows at most two details: when it's scheduled (with the time) and its project or area. A deadline that's overdue or due today takes the second place. Everything else, including the meeting a task came from and who sent it, is in the task window.

To set the date quickly, open When (or select a task and press s) and type it — "fri 3pm", "tomorrow 10am", "next monday", "in 3 days". Cadeo shows what it understood; press Enter to set it. A date on its own keeps the time the task already had. For a task, Undo is in the message that appears.

When and Deadline open one date picker: the box to type in, quick picks (Today, Tomorrow, This Week, Next Week), the time, and a calendar that starts on Monday. Click a day and it's set, with the time shown — there's no Confirm. Changing only the time moves a task that already has a date. This Week and Next Week have no fixed day, so they drop the time. From the keyboard: with the box empty, ↓ goes to the calendar, the arrows move a day or a week, Page Up/Page Down a month, and Enter picks. A new event's date and a project's deadline use the same picker.