Multi-select

Introduction

You can multi-select Boxes or tasks using CTRL+left click (or CMD on Mac). Once selected, the list of tasks will be highlighted in blue. You can, for example, drag-and-drop it them between other tasks to move the list.

A notification will be displayed if the operation is partially successful or unsuccessful.

Multi-select is supported by the following modules:

  • Overview

  • Gantt

Available actions

The list of all available actions is presented in the table below:

Action

Description

Action

Description

To select multiple tasks (selected tasks are highlighted in blue) use:

cmd or ctrl + left mouse button

select tasks one by one

shift + left mouse button

select a range of tasks

To unselect use:

ESC

unselect all selected tasks

click out of zone

unselect all selected tasks

cmd or ctrl + left mouse button

unselecting tasks one by one

Possible actions

Depending on the type of tasks selected, you will be able to perform different operations listed below:

  • parent task with all its children:

    • move up/down, 

    • indent, outdent, 

    • delete,

    • color change,

  • parent task with selected children or without children: 

    • delete,

    • color change,

  • all children from a single parent, not including the parent task: 

    • outdent, 

    • delete,

    • color change,

  • selected children from one parent, not including the parent task: 

    • move up/down, 

    • indent, outdent, 

    • delete

    • color change,

  • multiple children from different parent tasks, not including the parent tasks: 

    • delete

    • color change,

  • multiple parent tasks without children:

    • delete

    • color change,

  • at least one task + one milestone

    • convert multiple to milestones/tasks

Examples

The Overview module:

The Gantt module: