Changelog

  • Task Focus 2.1.0

    Calendar View

    • Replaced “Calendar” with “Planned” in the sidebar
    • You can now view any area, project, tag or location as Calendar
    • When viewing tasks as calendar, you now keep the tag filter list
    • The “Day” view has a new agenda style design

    Trash Bin

    • Instead of deleting immediately task are now moved to the trash bin
    • The Trash can be emptied manually, or optionally tasks can be automatically removed after a configurable number of months
    • The app now supports undo/redo for all modifications to tasks

    Start Times and Durations

    • You can now optionally add a start time to tasks
    • You can now optionally add a duration to tasks
    • You sort any list now by task duration too

    Fixed

    • Fixed the app name in a couple of places
    • Improved performance with multiple tabs/windows
    • Fixed selecting all items with cmd+a
  • Task Focus 2.0.5

    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
  • Task Focus 2.0.4

    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
  • Task Focus 2.0.3

    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
  • TaskFocus 2.0.2

    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
  • TaskFocus 2.0.1

    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]

  • TaskFocus 2.0

    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
  • Focus 1.11.6

    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

  • Focus 1.11.5

    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

  • Focused 1.11.4

    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]
  • Focused 1.11.3

    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
  • Focused 1.11.2

    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