Task multi-select (Scope module)

1 Introduction
2 Select and unselect tasks
3 Possible actions

Introduction

You can streamline your work by selecting and moving multiple tasks. To select multiple tasks from the list, press and hold the Command key on a Mac or the Control key on Windows, then click the tasks. To select multiple tasks listed together, click the first task, press and hold the shift key, and click the last task. All tasks in between are included in the selection.

Select and unselect tasks

The table below presents all the possible actions:

Action	Description

Action	Description
Selecting more than one task is possible with (selected tasks are highlighted in blue):
cmd or ctrl + left mouse button	select tasks one by one
shift + left mouse button	select a range of tasks
Unselecting tasks is possible with:
ESC	unselect all selected tasks
click out of the zone	unselect all selected tasks
cmd or ctrl + left mouse button	unselecting tasks one by one

Possible actions

Since tasks on the list can be structured, not all operations are possible. The table below presents a detailed list of actions:

Selected tasks	Action

Selected tasks	Action
all children from one parent, but without a parent	outdent
multiple parents without children	n/a
parent + all his children	move up/down, indent, outdent
parent + selected children/without children	n/a
selected children from different parents, but without parents	n/a
selected children from a single parent, but without a parent	move up/down, indent, outdent

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Task multi-select (Scope module)

Introduction

Select and unselect tasks

Possible actions