Open Bug 1453064 Opened 7 years ago Updated 1 year ago

Select 'Category' and 'Add a new category' then I can't use that new category for any other tasks. Must create the same category name again.

Categories

(Calendar :: Tasks, enhancement)

Product:
Calendar
Component:
Tasks
Version:
Lightning 6.2
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
UNCONFIRMED

People

(Reporter: owens, Unassigned)

References

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.13; rv:59.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/59.0 Build ID: 20180323154952 Steps to reproduce: - Pick a task - Select 'Tasks' - Select 'Category' - Type in name of category in 'Add a new category' e.g., Coding To-DO - The new category can be seen from the selection. - Now, close down Thunderbird, and choose a different task this time to add to 'Coding To-Do'. You'll now see that the category can't be chosen. Actual results: You can't select 'Coding To-Do' for any other tasks, besides the one you selected at the start. Expected results: You should be able to save the task 'Coding To-Do' so that you can group a number of tasks together in the same category. Instead, of creating the same new category again, and again.
As far as I know this is intended. You can setup the default categories in Options > Calendar > Categories. The entry in the Event/Task dialog only allows to apply a one time, non default category.
Hi. I was aware of the section in preferences > calendar > categories, but would it not be more efficient to allow the ability to add a new category from the Task window? There also seems to be no way to delete a new category once you've made it.
Summary: There's an issue with Tasks. When I select 'Category' and 'Add a new category' I can't use that newly named category for any other tasks. The only way to do so is to create the same category name again each time. → Select 'Category' and 'Add a new category' then I can't use that new category for any other tasks. Must create the same category name again.
Type: defect → enhancement
Severity: normal → S3
See Also: → 1015610

There is a clear state of confusion for 'Creating new Category'.
I've had Support Forum queries on this identical topic.

To Create, Edit, Delete new Categories:

  • Settings > Calendar > scroll down to 'Categories'

To create an adhoc one off category for a particular Task:

  • Do this whilst in the 'New Task' window - Category - Add a new Category'

It would be a helpful enhancement to change the 'New Task' 'Add a new category' text to something which is not going to be misunderstood.
Such as : 'Or Add a single use Category'

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