Tasks

Edit a task

I want to …

… change a task title and description and see when they are saved.

Before you start

Tap a card on the board to open the detail screen. In the Focus tab, tap the task card above the clock: the same task opens as an overlay, as a sheet on a phone and as a centered window on a wide screen. While the timer is running or paused, the light in the left rail burns along for as long as that window is open.
The status, Focus, the three-dot icon More, and at the far right the Save checkmark sit at the top right.

Here's how

Open the task from its card on the board.
The title is at the top. Tap it and change the text. Zeitlicht saves after a short pause, when you leave the field, or when you press Enter.
The description sits right below the title, with the toolbar. Write prose, format with the toolbar, and link with #, ##, ###, ####, or @. In a checklist or bullet list, Tab indents the line and Shift+Tab moves it back. Enter on an empty item or Backspace at the start of an item goes one level back; on the outermost level it turns into normal text. The description saves on its own, the same way as the title.
The modules sit below the description. Due date, Priority, Estimate, and Recurrence are rows in a panel. Below it, the modules that are off appear as chips with a plus icon. Tap a chip to turn that module on. Checklist and Testing appear as their own cards below the chips. On Free the chips show a lock and open the plans.
Watch the status in the app bar: Syncing… while the title or description is on its way, Saved once it is stored, Offline when there is no connection. Offline retries on its own. On a phone only the icon shows there. Long-press it to see the text.
Tap the Save checkmark to send anything still pending and close the task.
If you leave – back arrow, another tab, the workspace switcher, or the timer light in the rail – Zeitlicht sends pending text first. Only when that does not land within a few seconds, Unsaved changes appears: Cancel stays, Discard throws the edit away, Save tries again.
Modules (date, priority, checklist, …) save themselves as soon as you change them.
Go back with the arrow at the top left. In the overlay, use the close icon instead; the timer keeps running behind it.
Focus in the header makes this task your focus; In focus ends it again. On a phone the same button is the focus icon.
Below Attachments sit the Web links once the task has any; see "Use web links on tasks and notes". Below them sit the Linked elements, if other tasks or notes point to this task. Below them, under Comments, you can discuss the task with your team. See "Comment on a task".
The three-dot icon More at the top right opens Share, Duplicate, and Delete. Share sends a link to this task. In the browser Zeitlicht copies the link and shows Copied.. In the app it opens the share sheet. On a computer you can also copy the address bar.
At the very bottom sits History. Closed, it shows who last changed the task and when. Tap it to open it: newest entries come first, such as who moved, edited, assigned or completed the task. The last line shows who created it. Load more fetches older entries.

The result

Title and description save themselves. The status shows whether they arrived. Zeitlicht will not let you leave while a write is still unfinished.

Common questions

What does Offline mean?

The changes stay in the open task, and Zeitlicht retries on its own. Leave only after it shows Saved again, or pick Cancel in Unsaved changes.

Do assignee and topic go through Save?

No. The top bar (person, topic, watchers) saves as soon as you pick a value.

Why is there only one "edited" entry after lots of typing?

Zeitlicht merges changes to the title, description and checklist while the same person keeps editing within ten minutes.

Can I change or delete history entries?

No. Zeitlicht writes the history itself. It only goes away when the task is deleted.