Imagine you have the following Kanban / Trello / Project management scenario and you have just started working on Task 2 and want to move it into âOngoingâ.
At the moment, Dynalist doesnât allow you to do this with ctrl + down (it cannot move outside of the current parent list with this function - I imagine it is like this to prevent accidents?) This often means dragging the item, which often ends up at the wrong place and you have to shift it around etc.
However, this can be automated and turned into a macro with Phrase Express or other macro programs easily. The steps are:
To move to a category below: Shift + Tab, Ctrl + Down, Tab:
- Phrase Express code: {#SHIFT {#TAB}}{#CTRL {#DOWN}}{#TAB}
Or to move to a category above: Shift + Tab, Ctrl + Up, Tab:
- Phrase Express code: {#SHIFT {#TAB}}{#CTRL {#UP}}{#TAB}
The item you want to move doesnât even have to be at the bottom of the current parent list, so even Task 3 can be moved to ongoing in one press like this:
I currently have these on ctrl + shift + up/down
Enjoy!
Edit: This macro moves items to the bottom of the parent list. If you want it to go to the top just add a load of ctrl + upâs to the end (this only adds a fraction of a second to the length of the macro and is still <1 second).
Phrase express code for down: {#SHIFT {#TAB}}{#CTRL {#DOWN}}{#TAB}{#CTRL {#UP -count 20}}