nextcloud / nextcloud/tasks

Add context info to Tasks shown from Deck cards.

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

TLDR: need tooltip to explain that tasks from the Deck app are read only in Tasks app

I installed Tasks as a recommended app and was curious how it integrated with Deck. Tasks was then populated with tasks from the boards in Deck. All very nice. But I could not understand what I had had done wrong since I couldn't edit any of the tasks. As I was helpfully told on the forum - that's by design. Okay, fine. But there's no way for a new user to know that's by design through the UI, and it's not at all obvious in terms of functionality.

Describe the solution you'd like

So my feature request is to add a little more information in the UI. For example:

In the list of task lists the current tool-tip has the name of the boards from Deck that have tasks. Perhaps add to this tool-tip the text "Tasks from Deck are read only"

Describe alternatives you've considered

Two other possible places to add this info:

  1. The check box for a task from Deck is greyed out. This was the first thing I noticed and tried to click on. Perhaps add a tool-tip text "Tasks from Deck are read only"
  2. Add a tool-tip when hovering over the star to the right of a Deck task. At the moment it says "Toggle Starred" (which is not possible). Make the text "Tasks from Deck are read only"

Those are my suggestions. Any one of those three would have cleared this up for me in the first minute of using the Tasks app.

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Research direction

Start in the Tasks UI where Deck task lists and task controls are displayed, and inspect the existing tooltips for the list name, disabled checkbox, and star action. Done means a clear read-only explanation is shown for Deck tasks in one of these locations, without implying that the controls can be used.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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