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TaskNotes 4.1.0

Added

  • (#1245), (#793) Added custom icon support for task statuses
  • Configure a Lucide icon name (e.g., check, circle, clock) per status in Settings → Task Properties → Task Statuses
  • Icons display instead of the colored dot, inheriting the status color
  • Browse available icons at lucide.dev
  • Improves accessibility by allowing shape-based status differentiation

  • Thanks to @3Fish for the feature request and @Raonmir2, @aubreyz, @prayidae, and @anareaty for the discussion on accessibility and icon-based indicators

  • (#1259) Added Property Types Reference documentation

  • Documents expected data types (text, list, date, number) for all frontmatter properties
  • Includes format specifications, examples, and a complete YAML reference

  • Thanks to @Oblique82 for the suggestion

  • (#1248) Added formula property support for sub-grouping in Bases Task List view

  • Formula properties (e.g., formula.myFormula) now appear in the Sub-group by dropdown
  • Supports all Bases Value types including strings, numbers, booleans, dates, and lists

  • Thanks to @prayidae for the feature request

  • (#1070) Added formula property support for swimlanes in Bases Kanban view

  • Formula properties now appear in the Swim Lane dropdown
  • Fixed swimlanes displaying empty when grouping by formula properties
  • Note: Dragging tasks between formula-based columns/swimlanes is disabled (formulas are computed values)

  • Thanks to @cathywu for reporting

  • (#1010), (#1126) Added batch task selection and editing in Task List and Kanban views

  • Shift+click to select multiple tasks
  • Right-click selected tasks to open batch context menu
  • Batch operations: change status, priority, due date, scheduled date, archive, delete
  • Drag multiple selected cards in Kanban to move them together
  • Click the selection count indicator to clear selection

  • Thanks to @jalooc and @solidabstract for the feature requests

  • (#1207) Added inline search box to Bases views (Task List, Kanban, Calendar)

  • Enable via "Enable search box" toggle in view settings
  • Searches across title, status, priority, tags, contexts, projects, and visible custom properties
  • Press Escape or click × to clear search

  • Thanks to @renatomen for the PR

  • (#363) Added "Create or open task" command with NLP-based quick task creation

  • Open via command palette or assign a hotkey
  • Search existing tasks or type natural language to create new tasks (e.g., "Buy groceries tomorrow #shopping")
  • Press Enter to select an existing task, Shift+Enter to create a new task
  • Real-time preview shows parsed title, due date, priority, tags, and other metadata
  • Can be used when adding sub-tasks to create sub-tasks on-the-fly

  • Thanks to @luciolebrillante for the feature request

  • (#1044), (#1222) Added unsaved changes confirmation when closing task edit modal

  • Detects modifications to any field (title, dates, priority, tags, etc.)
  • Shows confirmation dialog with Save/Discard/Keep Editing options
  • Prevents accidental data loss from clicking outside the modal or pressing Escape

  • Thanks to @renatomen for the PR and @0-BSCode for the feature request

  • (#904) Added visual highlighting for overdue and past dates on task cards

  • Overdue due dates now display in red text
  • Past scheduled dates now display in blue text

  • Thanks to @ras0q for the suggestion

  • (#1164) Added priorityWeight formula to all default Bases templates for priority-based sorting

  • Formula maps each priority value to a numeric weight based on your custom priority configuration
  • Sort by formula.priorityWeight in ascending order to get highest priority tasks first
  • Example: if(priority=="high",0,if(priority=="normal",1,if(priority=="low",2,999)))

  • Thanks to @jhedlund for the suggestion

  • (#1257), (#1064) Added configurable event stacking options for Bases Calendar view

  • Allow events to overlap: Toggle whether timed events visually overlap or display side-by-side in week/day views
  • Max stacked events: Limit horizontal event stacking in week/day views (0 = unlimited)
  • Max events per day: Limit events shown per day cell in month view (0 = auto based on cell height)
  • Max event rows per day: Limit event rows per day cell in month view (0 = unlimited)
  • Configure per-view in the Bases Calendar view settings under Layout
  • Thanks to @3zra47 and @hasanyilmaz for the feature requests

Changed

  • Improved inline task conversion to merge TasksPlugin and NLP parsing results
  • Previously, if a task had hashtags (e.g., - [ ] Buy milk tomorrow #groceries), NLP parsing was skipped entirely
  • Now NLP always parses the clean title to extract dates/times, then merges with TasksPlugin-extracted metadata
  • TasksPlugin explicit values (emoji dates like 📅) take priority over NLP-inferred values

  • Tags, contexts, and projects from both sources are combined and deduplicated

  • Polished task card styling for a more native Obsidian look

  • Simplified hover and focus states to use native Obsidian colors
  • Removed blur filter and shadows from metadata pills
  • Fixed subtask chevron vertical alignment with status dot

  • Reduced swimlane label column width in Kanban view

  • (#1151) Increased mini calendar heatmap color intensity for better visibility

  • Days with notes now show more noticeable colors, especially with low note counts
  • Intensity levels increased from 10/25/45/65% to 25/40/55/70%
  • Thanks to @arreme for the suggestion

Fixed

  • (#1271) Fixed custom user fields not appearing in task modals after creation
  • New custom fields are now automatically added to both creation and edit modals
  • Deleting a custom field also removes it from modal configuration
  • Updating a field's display name syncs to the modal configuration

  • Thanks to @craziedde for reporting

  • (#1256) Fixed links in custom properties not rendering as clickable in task cards

  • Wikilinks ([[Note]]) now render correctly in Bases views
  • Markdown links ([text](url)) now render correctly in all views
  • Links in list-type properties are also properly rendered

  • Thanks to @3zra47 for reporting

  • (#1157) Fixed inline task embeds breaking layout when placed in indented bullet lists

  • Task titles now wrap naturally within line boundaries instead of forcing the entire card to a new line
  • Metadata (dates, tags, etc.) stays inline when space permits, with horizontal scrolling on hover when needed

  • Thanks to @3zra47 for reporting

  • (#1241) Fixed deleting custom priorities in settings removing the wrong priority when multiple priorities exist

  • Thanks to @Anthonyhunter100 for reporting

  • (#1165) Fixed Kanban view grouping by list properties (contexts, tags, projects) treating multiple values as a single combined column

  • Tasks with multiple values now appear in each individual column (e.g., a task with contexts: [work, call] appears in both "work" and "call" columns)
  • Added "Show items in multiple columns" option (enabled by default) to control this behavior
  • Fixed drag-and-drop to properly add/remove individual values instead of replacing the entire list
  • Fixed swimlane mode to also respect list property explosion

  • Thanks to @dictionarymouse for reporting

  • (#1217) Fixed inconsistent Ctrl+Click/Cmd+Click behavior for opening notes in new tabs

  • Note cards and internal links now properly support Ctrl/Cmd+Click to open in new tab
  • Added middle-click support for opening in new tab

  • Thanks to @diegomarzaa for reporting

  • (#1265) Fixed task edit modal corrupting markdown-style project links on save

  • Links like [Project Name](path.md) were being wrapped in extra brackets: [[[Project Name](path.md)]]
  • Plain text project names are now preserved as-is instead of being converted to wikilinks
  • Markdown-style project links now resolve properly and display as linked (not orange/unresolved)

  • Thanks to @minchinweb for reporting

  • (#1266) Fixed Kanban view scroll position resetting to top of column after any change

  • Clicking status dots, priority, or other task properties no longer jumps the column back to top
  • Scroll position is now preserved for both regular columns and swimlane cells

  • Thanks to @essouflenfer for reporting

  • (#485), (#1221), (#1262) Fixed NLP parser not recognizing non-ASCII characters in tags, contexts, and projects

  • Tags like #investigación were being truncated at accented characters (e.g., #investigaci)
  • Non-Latin scripts (Chinese, Cyrillic, Japanese, etc.) were not recognized at all (e.g., @家, #杂事, @ознакомиться)
  • Parser now uses Unicode-aware regex patterns to support all languages and scripts

  • Thanks to @Arachnidai, @fidelaznar, and @qian1ing for reporting

  • (#1249) Fixed project preview in task creation modal showing quadruple brackets ([[[[Project]]]])

  • Projects selected from autocomplete were being wrapped in extra wikilink brackets in the preview display

  • Thanks to @2vzqwz8tvg-png for reporting

  • (#1249) Fixed custom priority ordering in settings being unclear and non-intuitive

  • Priority cards are now draggable to reorder (like statuses)
  • Priorities are displayed in weight order (lowest to highest priority)
  • New priorities are added at the end (highest priority) instead of with a fixed weight

  • Thanks to @2vzqwz8tvg-png for reporting

  • (#1272) Fixed recurrence anchor not being saved when set to "completion" during task creation

  • Selecting "completion" as the recurrence anchor now correctly persists to the task frontmatter

  • Thanks to @blaxcky for reporting

  • (#1128) Fixed NLP parser not allowing slashes in context names

  • Contexts like @shopping/groceries were being split into @shopping and /groceries
  • Hierarchical context names now work the same as tags and projects

  • Thanks to @wealthychef1 for reporting

  • (#1170) Fixed dateCreated and dateModified not using custom property names when creating notes from calendar events

  • Notes created from ICS events now respect the field mapping configured in settings

  • Thanks to @maddie-m for reporting

  • (#1171) Fixed calendar event toggles not responding to changes after initial load

  • Toggling "Show scheduled tasks", "Show due tasks", and other event filters now correctly updates the calendar
  • Previously, changing these toggles had no effect until the view was reloaded

  • Thanks to @hangryscribe3 for reporting

  • (#1198) Fixed project links being created relative to the wrong file when editing from Bases views

  • Relative paths in project links are now correctly resolved relative to the task note file
  • Previously, editing a task from a Bases view would create project links relative to the .base file
  • Thanks to @minchinweb for reporting