Edit button for tasks

[psarras]

Hi there,

I love using dataview for managing my tasks. I can create them anywhere in my notes and based on context they can organise themselves into different dataview query blocks. However, what I often want to do is edit a task to add a due date long time after creating it. Right now I have a master TODO list and ctrl+click on tasks to edit the original note with a due date. (The due date will make those tasks visible to the daily note). It would be great if there was a edit button at the end of the each task (like the tasks plugin), clicking it will bring a pop up dialogue with the existing text that the user can then edit, dataview to update the original note containing this task accordingly. Is that possible?

[AnnaKornfeldSimpson]

One of the reasons that the pop-up (called a "modal" in Obsidian, I do not know why) is possible in Tasks plugin is that Tasks is very specific about what fields a task can have, while dataview is much more flexible. I think it would be hard to make a modal that is useful for all the different fields dataview users might put in their tasks.
I wonder, now that Obsidian 0.15.6 gives us the ability to open panes in new windows, if there is a way to have the ctrl+click (or some other shortcut) open the original note to edit in a new window. That will get a little closer to the modal experience without requiring all the code for an actual modal. Prior to the update to Obsidian 0.15.6, I was using the community plugin Hover Editor to get a somewhat similar experience to opening the note in a new window.

[AB1908]

Excellent ideas all around. Can also use Buttons plugin and drop into Obs API with a templater script but that's way messier IMO.

[AnnaKornfeldSimpson]

I have not used the Buttons plugin - can those go "inline" in a task or dataview inline field?

[AB1908]

Indeed they can! There's a forum post on this by imeed/imed.

[psarras]

you mean this: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/using-metaedit-buttons-templater-nldtase-and-dataview-together/35911

My gripe is that I would need 5 plugins + a table view, instead of a Task view? Also the code would need to be duplicated on every list of tasks, I might be able to put it on the daily notes at least...I would still prefer to have a "native" setting option for a little edit/pencil button 😊

[psarras]

@AnnaKornfeldSimpson I see what you mean. I was thinking just having a text box to edit the single line of task though, without worrying about any special system anyone might be using!