Mylar Tips and Tricks

Common Shortcuts

Action Description
Create Task INS key, toolbar button, or Ctrl+N and type "task"
Create task from URL

 

Mozilla: drag URL from Browser onto Task List view
Internet Explorer: as above but hold down CTRL
Show filtered elements Alt+Click in the view, holding down Alt for subsequent clicks.
Increase or reduce interest of elements In view: Right Click and use the menu [show figure]
In editor: Alt+Shift+Up Arrow, Alt+Shift+Down Arrow
   

Visual Design Legend

Tasks

Task, task with notes, completed task, overdue task

 

Category, Query, Task Archive

 

Query hit, shared Task, incoming changes, outgoing changes

  Priorities: Very high, high, normal, low, very low

Scheduling

[list of 3 tasks] Overdue task, scheduled for today, scheduled for this week, completed today, completed previously
[bold] Active task

Context

[tree with 3 items] Landmark, landmark gutter annotation, interesting, uninteresting
  Active task, ask without context, with personal context, with repository context
  Apply Mylar to a view, to the editor, Apply Mylar overlay

Drag and Drop?