The built-in views
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These are the views OpenTodo comes with. Each is built from the copy of your tasks on your device, so it works offline and updates the moment something changes. Today and Upcoming have a page of their own; for views you make yourself, see Saved views.
What each view shows#
They're at the top of the sidebar. Each has a shortcut: press g, then the letter.
| View | Shows | Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Inbox | Tasks that aren't in a project yet; Process walks them one at a time | g i |
| Today | Tasks due today and tasks whose deadline is today, with overdue ones first | g t |
| Upcoming | Tasks due after today, and undated tasks with a deadline ahead, grouped by day | g u |
| Anytime | Open tasks with no date and no start: things to do whenever there is time | g n |
| Someday | Tasks you parked for later, by project | g o |
| Assigned to me | Open tasks assigned to you, across projects | g a |
| Calendar | Your dated tasks by Day, Week or Month, as you last left it | g d, g w, g m |
| Completed | What you finished, newest first, under a heading per day; Show more at the end reaches older days | g c |
| Filter | Any search you can describe | g f |
| Trash | Deleted tasks and projects | g x |
| Updates | What changed in your shared projects | g h |
| Review | Your weekly review | g r |
| Statistics | What you completed and let slip | g Shift+S |
The sidebar keeps Inbox, Today, Upcoming and Calendar at the top; the rest wait in More (open it once, it stays open on this device). The numbers next to Inbox, Today and the projects count open tasks. Deferred and parked tasks (see When a task starts) are not counted.
Each project can also be shown three ways: as a List, as a Board with a column per section, or as a Timeline of its dates with arrows between tasks that wait for each other. Press v to cycle through them; see Sections and boards.
Anytime, for when you have time#
Anytime lists every open task that has no due date, no deadline and no start date, grouped by project: the things you could do whenever there is a moment. A task leaves it as soon as it gets a date, from any device.
Park ideas in Someday#
Someday holds the tasks you parked: ideas and maybes you don't want to see every day. They stay out of Today, Upcoming, Anytime and the counts, and are listed here by project and in their project's Later group. Anything you add in this view is parked. Press n on a task to park it or bring it back.
Narrow a list by duration#
The Filter action in the header of the Inbox, Today, Upcoming and project lists offers Quick wins (15 minutes or less), Under 30 min, Over 1 h and Unestimated. Turn one on to see only matching tasks; a chip with its name appears in the header, and its × clears the filter. Your choice is remembered on that device. Estimates are set with e or in the task panel.