TaskNotes 3.24.0
New Features
Agenda View Overdue Section
- Added separate "Overdue" section in Agenda view instead of mixing overdue tasks with today's tasks (#557, thanks to @backyardbiomech for the detailed report)
- Collapsible section with task completion statistics and proper internationalization support
- Includes overdue recurring tasks based on their scheduled dates
Task Dependencies and Blocking Relationships
- Implemented blocking/blocked task dependencies with persistent relationships (#701, thanks to @prayidae for the detailed feature request)
- Tasks can be marked as blocking other tasks or blocked by other tasks
- Dependency relationships persist in frontmatter as structural links
- Dynamic blocked state computed based on blocking task completion status
Task Card Widget in Notes
- Added configurable task card widget displaying at the top of task notes (#576, thanks to @jhedlund for the request)
- Provides immediate access to task actions and context menus without requiring command palette
- Uses CodeMirror widget system for integration
- Appears above project subtasks widget when both enabled
- Can be disabled via settings
Hierarchical Subgrouping
- Implemented hierarchical subgrouping functionality for TaskListView and AgendaView (thanks to @renatomen for this major feature contribution)
- Allows two-level task organization (e.g., Group by Status, Subgroup by Priority)
- Cross-view support with consistent behavior
- State persistence for expand/collapse preferences
- Custom user fields supported as subgroup options
Internationalization Support
- Added i18n framework with multi-language support
- Support for German, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese
- Translation coverage for command palette entries and UI strings
- Localized agenda and filter interface elements
Template Variables
- Added
{{hashtags}}
template variable for space-separated hashtag rendering (#612, thanks to @strazto for the suggestion) - Added
{{currentNoteTitle}}
template variable for note-specific folder organization (#637, thanks to @Mara-Li for the request) - Added template variable support for archive folder paths (#677, thanks to @dsebastien for the request)
- Fixed
{{project}}
variables to properly extract basenames from wikilinks (#490, thanks to @nsstrickland for the detailed bug report)
Project and Subtask Management
- Enhanced task modals with project and subtask management capabilities
- Added "Add to project" and "Add subtasks" sections in task creation/edit modals
- Context menu options for assigning tasks to projects and adding subtasks
- Collapsible lists with visual separators between form sections
View and Grouping Enhancements
- Added "Completed Date" as grouping option for analyzing productivity (#430, thanks to @anareaty for the suggestion)
- Added "Status" as sorting option in Kanban and Task List views (#633, thanks to @mdbraber for the report)
- Implemented per-grouping column persistence for Kanban views
- Smart default ordering respecting StatusManager and PriorityManager configurations
Bug Fixes
Calendar and Advanced Calendar
- Fixed calendar not refreshing when task duration or time tracking changes
- Fixed calendar not refreshing after task archive or move operations
- Fixed agenda duplication for all-day ICS events (#695, thanks to @realJohnDoe for the report)
- Added configurable
eventMinHeight
for Advanced Calendar to make short duration tasks readable (#718, thanks to @Ruboks-Cube for the detailed report) - Fixed multi-day task creation in month/year view to properly calculate time estimates (#564, thanks to @same774 for the report)
Kanban View
- Fixed kanban view losing columns after upgrades (#689, thanks to @mikesale for the report)
- Fixed clearing filters defaulting to "none" instead of "status" grouping (#679, thanks to @camara-tech-pro for the question)
- Fixed column order changes when switching between views (#710, thanks to @phortx for the report)
- Fixed kanban drag-and-drop for custom field grouping (#494, thanks to @anareaty for the report)
- Enhanced save view modal functionality with improved styling and accessibility
Task Management
- Fixed HTTP API task creation to return sanitized title matching stored content (#635, thanks to @nightroman for the detailed report)
- Fixed
#task
tag being incorrectly added when using property-based task identification (#570, thanks to @RobbK17 for the report) - Fixed recurring task completion styling in Bases views (#669, thanks to @jordandrako for the report)
Hierarchical Tag Support
- Added hierarchical tag support with exclusion patterns for Obsidian nested tags (#584, thanks to @renatomen for the detailed feature request)
- Hierarchical matching allows searching for parent tags to match child tags (e.g.,
t/ef
matchest/ef/project
,t/ef/task
) - Exclusion patterns support using
-
prefix to exclude specific tags and their children - Maintains backward compatibility with existing substring matching
Natural Language Processing and Tags
- Fixed nested tags losing slashes in agenda view rendering (#712, thanks to @antonio for the report and fix)
- Added support for hyphens in NLP tag parsing (#568, thanks to @jordandrako for the report)
Settings and Configuration
- Fixed property value truncation in project autosuggest settings by adding input debouncing (#705, thanks to @aubreyz for the report)
- Improved webhook transform error handling with detailed logging (#719, thanks to @stephen-netu for the detailed report)
- Added save button disable logic to prevent duplicate task creation (thanks to @hamlim for the report and implementation)
Code Quality and Development
- Configured Prettier formatter for consistent code formatting (#717, thanks to @ras0q for the request)
- Applied ESLint fixes reducing problems from 209 to 97
- Added format and format:check scripts for development workflow
- Fixed browser extension repository URL in README (thanks to @elijahmanor for the correction)
Enhancements
Performance and Reliability
- Added debouncing to project autosuggest property inputs
- Improved error handling for webhook transform failures
User Interface
- Added time display based on
timeEstimate
property in task statistics (thanks to Sergen Aras for the implementation) - Enhanced language selection display with native scripts
Settings Organization
- Reorganized settings with improved categorization
- Added collapsible functionality to various UI sections
- Enhanced accessibility with proper button labeling
Documentation
- Added documentation for task dependencies feature
- Updated comprehensive subgrouping feature documentation
- Enhanced template variable documentation
- Updated various view documentation for new features
Contributors
Special thanks to all this release's contributors:
Feature Contributors
- @renatomen for implementing the major hierarchical subgrouping feature and hierarchical tag support feature request (#584)
- @antonio for implementing nested tag slash preservation and providing the fix
- @elijahmanor for fixing the browser extension repository URL
- @sergenaras for implementing time display based on timeEstimate property in task statistics
- @hamlim for implementing save button disable logic to prevent duplicate task creation
Issue Reporters and Feature Requesters
- @backyardbiomech for the detailed overdue recurring tasks report (#557)
- @prayidae for the detailed task dependencies feature request (#701)
- @jhedlund for requesting task context menu in notes (#576)
- @anareaty for requesting completed date grouping (#430) and reporting kanban custom field drag issues (#494)
- @mdbraber for reporting missing status sorting option (#633)
- @strazto for requesting hashtags template variable (#612)
- @Mara-Li for requesting currentNoteTitle template variable (#637)
- @dsebastien for requesting archive folder template support (#677)
- @nsstrickland for the detailed project variable bug report (#490)
- @realJohnDoe for reporting ICS all-day event duplication (#695)
- @Ruboks-Cube for reporting short duration task rendering issues (#718)
- @same774 for reporting multi-day task creation issues (#564)
- @mikesale for reporting kanban column loss (#689)
- @camara-tech-pro for the kanban grouping question (#679)
- @phortx for reporting column order changes (#710)
- @nightroman for the detailed HTTP API title sanitization report (#635)
- @RobbK17 for reporting property identification tag issue (#570)
- @jordandrako for reporting recurring task styling in Bases (#669) and NLP tag parsing with hyphens (#568)
- @aubreyz for reporting project autosuggest truncation issue (#705)
- @ras0q for requesting code formatting improvements (#717)
- @stephen-netu for the detailed webhook transform script loading report (#719)