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Changes
- Changed the default to archiving done tasks immediately
- Week View now shows primarily the date instead of week number
Fixed
- Fixed updating calendar events while the app is running
- “Two Weeks” button when multiple tasks are selected
- Header color in widgets in dark mode
- Fixed priority and date keyboard shortcuts in lists
- Fixed priority and date keyboard shortcuts when editing multiple tasks
- Fixed calendar events in day view in calendar
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Changes
- Section Menu for “Inbox” now also has a “New Task” button
- Added support for markdown, and links to subtasks
Fixed
- Improved subtasks layout with long subtasks [macOS]
- Backspace no longer selects the entire previous subtask [macOS]
- Tags assigned to sections are now respected when filtering for specific tags
- Deleting a tag now also correctly deletes its subtags
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Changes
- Shows empty checklist in expanded states
- Tasks assigned to an area, but not a project no longer show in the “No Project” filter
- Added a button to dismiss the keyboard while editing the project/area notes [iOS]
- If focusing on an area, the area’s projects are now directly shown in the top navigation menu (if sidebar is hidden) [macOS]
- Added “Clean Up” to area context menus
Fixed
- Fixed bottom toolbar being to large
- Fixed background in edit area/group/project views
- Fixed Editing Project/Area notes if there are no tasks yet
- Fixed cancel button in Add Tag, Add Location
- Shows “No Projects” also in the top navigation menu (if sidebar is hidden) [macOS]
- Now also hides projects with no area, if focusing on a specific area
- Fixed not removing tasks from the calendar, when changing the schedule to next or later in the edit view
- Context Menu > Planned > 2 Weeks
- Fixed a possible crash
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Changes
- Now supports drag and drop from Apple Mail
- Right side inspector can now be toggled independently in different windows [macOS]
- Checklists are now always visible when editing a task
- Added a “Clean Up” action to section context menus in Today
- Improved Markdown support in note previews in list
- Added “New Task” to “This Evening” section context menu
- Project Picker in edit view now shows “Inbox” instead of “No Project” if approriate
- Improved section menus in kanban view
- “This Evening” now also works in kanban view (can be disabled in settings)
- Kanban View can now be individually enabled/disabled per list
- New option to defer all tasks by a specific amount
- Now supports right side inspectors on iPadOS too
Fixes
- Fixed issue where changes to the checklist would not be saved
- When using “Clean Up” while focusing on one area, only tasks in that area are cleaned up
- Fixed “This Evening” option in “No Project” section context menu
- Calendars no longer disappear from the “Enabled Calendars” list in settings
- Fixed dragging tasks to the “Planned” column in kanban mode
- Improved link detection in notes
- Fixed glass background in rightside inspector [macOS]
- Fixed crash on opening settings [watchOS]
- Fixed applying filtering tags to new task when using a section menu
- Fixed list layout on iPhone 13 Mini
- Fixed onboarding flow on iOS 18
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Changes
- Added a separate “After completion” option to task repeatitions
- Added a “Today” option in the … menu in the “This Evening” section
- Added sidebar mode (projects/tags/locations) to menubar and keyboard shortcuts
Fixes
- Repetions properly copy subtasks, alerts and locations as well
- No longer shows the next/later/today icons on tasks in Kanban view
- Calendars in settings are now sorted alphabetically
- Fixed potential hang when filtering by tags
- Fixed missing save/cancel buttons [macOS]
- Fixed tag list layout in sidebar
- Properly clears the searchfield when selecting something in the sidebar
- Workaround for crash when hiding the inspector [macOS]
- Fixed back button in deeper settings pages [macOS]
- Improved settings view layout [macOS]
- Fixed calendar update after marking task as minor
- Updated button selection colors to be more visible in edit view
- Fixed checked/unchecked state not updating after syncing, until reopening the view
- Fixed location access screen in onboarding [visionOS]
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Apple Watch App
- Shows your today’s tasks and calendar entries
- Simplified new tasks functionality
- View your tags, areas, and projects
- Edit existing tasks
Kanban View
- Optionally view projects, areas, and other lists as kanban boards instead
- Move tasks with drag and drop between columns
Locations
- You can create locations and name them
- Assign each task an optional location
- Get notified on arrival/departure
- Hide unavailable (i.e. not at that location) tasks in the today view
Reminders Import
- Shows reminders from selected lists in Inbox
- Import individual or all reminders
- Delete reminders directly in TaskFocus
- Automatically import from specific lists
Calendar Events
- You can display today’s events next to your tasks in the today view
- See your events in the calendar view
Updated Design
- Updated for the new operating systems
- Updated single page edit task view
- Use an optional sidebar to edit one or multiple tasks directly [macOS, iPad]
- You can now search for individual settings
- Updated compact sidebar look [iOS]
Improved Lists
- Added toggle for selection mode [iOS]
- Swipe on an item to start selection [iOS]
- Swipe through selection indicators to select multiple [iOS]
- Improved keyboard navigation in lists [macOS]
- Improved selection behaviour [macOS]
- Improved context menu when multiple tasks are selected
- Tags can now be set to be displayed inline/extra line/hidden for today and other lists separately
- Title and note preview line number can now be set for today and other lists separately
- Checklists can now be enabled for today and other lists separately
Improved Notifications
- Dropped global “Daily Notification” setting
- You can now set specific times you want to be reminded for each task
- Option to set a default alert time for notifications
Other Changes
- The tag filter in list view now groups tasks, based on their hierarchy
- When creating a new task from a section menu, while filtering the list by tag, the selected tags are now auto-applied
- When creating new tasks while focus on an area is active, the new task will have the area pre-selected
- Added “Go to Area” and “Go to Project” context menu options for those section menus
- Added date suggestions in a menu when changing the date using the bottom bar
- Added this evening/today options to the context menu if multiple items are selected
- Added “edit task” option to context menu
- Shows areas without projects in project picker
- Shows areas in the compact sidebar view too
- “Clean Up” no longer moves minor tasks – since they don’t count towards the limit anyway
- Today’s progress now counts overdue tasks correctly
- All-around performance improvements
- Month view now shows the next month by default, if today still falls into the first week of the next months view
- Ability to swipe left/right after opening a day from the calendar view [iOS]
- Option to automatically open the full editor instead of inline expanding tasks
- Option to show or hide the dates in today or other lists
- Workday limit no longer apply to newly created repetitions of minor tasks
- Multi selection now also works in calendar views
- Added “Subtask Size” option, to enable bigger touch targets for subtasks
- Note Preview line number can now be correctly be set to zero
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Changes
- Schedule type is now a segmented control
- Date icon on tasks now opens a date picker instead of a menu
- You can enable/disable displaying all checklists per list
- “New Window” in project and area context menus [macOS]
- Improved month picker in date picker [macOS]
Fixed
- Fix defer > two weeks button
- Deleting a project also deletes the contained tasks and sections
- Fixed the new app name in titles and app icons
- Minor improvements to the task context menu
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Changes
- Changed the app name from “Focused” to just “Focus”
- Section headers in list now show the projects progress, if its also showing project progress in the sidebar
Fixed
- Multiline titles while editing a task
- Adjusted main section background color in sidebar, while in dark mode on iPad
- Fixed reordering projects in the sidebar
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New
- Configurable list and calendar text sizes
- Added an All Tasks view, that shows all unfinished tasks
- Added options to show/hide Inbox/Next/Later/All in sidebar
- Added option to open the app to a specific view
- Option for more visible counts in the sidebar
Changes
- Added Show Full Note to context menu in today tasks
- Tagged tasks stay in the inbox, until they’re scheduled or assigned a project or area
- Added Two Weeks button to task context menu date picker
- Added Select Tasks to list section menus
Fixed
- Fixed date picker selection while Next Free Day is selected in main edit view
- The … menu for overdue sections in projects now actually shows a menu
- Defer in context menu is now disabled, if no deferrable task is selected
- Completing a tasks no longer adds an empty checklist, if the task had none
- Notes in edit task view not clipping correctly [macOS]
- Fixed multi task tag selection [macOS]
- Improved keyboard handling when editing subtasks [iOS]
- Fixed reordering subtasks [iOS]
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Changes
- Remove selection on escape key press
- Now shows a partially done check icon for tasks with partially completed checklists
- The small quick access widget now also shows the days progress
- Improved task context menu
- Improved tag picker view
Fixed
- No longer opens a new window for focused: urls
- Smaller checkmarks in menubar app [macOS]
- Showing new projects after creation, while focusing on an area
- Fixed empty List Views section in settings [macOS]
- Missing view mode button in calendar [iPhone]
- Fixed possible crashes
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Changes
- Subtags in sidebar are now sorted by number of tasks
- Option to sort completed tasks to the bottom of sections
Fixed
- Fixed ctrl+1/2/3 priority shortcuts in edit view
- Fixed ctrl shortcuts in edit view, while there are also tasks selected in a list
- Improved performance when dragging tasks to other sections
- Improved assigning projects/areas/groups logic
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Changes
- Custom sections are now shown above Next Tasks when sorting by date
- Projects and tags no longer show an additional entry for parent items [macOS]
- Shows entry for parent items in tags and project menus again everywhere [iOS]
- Option to disable delete selected tasks confirmation
- Added tooltips to buttons in the bottom toolbar
- Adjusted keyboard shortcuts for selected tasks
- Removes empty subtasks on save
- Tags in the tags list window now also have context menus [macOS]
Fixed
- Double Schedule label in date picker
- Info button style on [macOS]