# Task management improvements

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/task-management-improvements/4317>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [17 November 2019 14:47 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/task-management-improvements/4317 "2019-11-17T14:47:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![clickbrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@clickbrain](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/clickbrain)\
**Post date:** [17 November 2019 14:47 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/task-management-improvements/4317/1 "2019-11-17T14:47:16Z")

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Love what you’ve created so far. Would like to see to-dos/tasks more tightly integrated.

1. Automatically tag every to-do as to-do or task, so it appears in a list of tasks automatically.  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/c/cb3c3e7f984ae7c78dfc9c98e356c292dd0b8d4d.png)
2. Select text in a note and turn into a task automatically and have it linked to the note for more data
3. Use of a checkbox in a note turns it into a task with a to-do/task tag automatically
4. Project tags to make it easy to categorize tasks into projects. I guess could be subtags similar to how Bear does tags #Project/Task

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**Author:** ![ipra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/73ab20/32.png) [@ipra](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/ipra)\
**Post date:** [17 November 2019 20:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/task-management-improvements/4317/2 "2019-11-17T20:59:33Z")

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In addition, making due/reminder times visible and to-dos ordered by them, optionally.

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**Author:** ![DrAlice210](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dralice210/32/1721_2.png) [@DrAlice210](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/DrAlice210)\
**Post date:** [18 November 2019 00:47 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/task-management-improvements/4317/3 "2019-11-18T00:47:24Z")

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I especially like #1 on your list. I’ve just discovered Joplin and am in the process of dumping all my Evernote content into it; if I could have a task list autogenerated as you describe (rather than having to manually tag every task – daunting since my Evernote tag list will take a long time to trim down), I could also dump my current task management app.

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**Author:** ![Dzenbo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dzenbo/32/25470_2.png) [@Dzenbo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Dzenbo)\
**Post date:** [6 May 2025 12:02 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/task-management-improvements/4317/4 "2025-05-06T12:02:40Z")

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yes, i'm also hope to get items 2-4. Thats would be so useful in my workflow. Sorry for bringing this topic up. I just started exploring Joplin and it fits my needs so much. Maybe this features already covered by plugins. Could anyone give me to know if so?  
I wish you team inspiration for further development)

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**Author:** ![shikuz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/shikuz/32/21839_2.png) [@shikuz](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/shikuz)\
**Post date:** [7 May 2025 04:47 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/task-management-improvements/4317/5 "2025-05-07T04:47:25Z")

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Welcome @Dzenbo, I recommend checknig out various inline TODOs solutions that have been developed as plugins since this 2019 post.

- [Inline Todo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/inline-todo-plugin/25490): Generates summary notes with checkbox / TODO items from all your notes sorted by project / assignee tags.
- [Inline Tag Navigator](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/plugin-inline-tag-navigator-v2-3-2-2025-03-24/35726): Displays inline TODOs in a panel (where you can also edit a task's status) or in a summary note, along with an advanced tagging and search system.

How checklists look on the panel:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/c/a/ca119be8f7060c922cb49c648460f6896c35b61a.png)

Updating task state:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/4/f/4fa4d256fa922c869c19c0dbffd5ce3a5d4f52c7.png)

(EDIT: added screenshots)

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**Author:** ![Dzenbo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dzenbo/32/25470_2.png) [@Dzenbo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Dzenbo)\
**Post date:** [7 May 2025 07:31 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/task-management-improvements/4317/6 "2025-05-07T07:31:57Z")

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Thank you very much for your answer. It helps me a lot!