We have been using text fields for links as a workaround. Unfortunately, most links are really long and it clutters up the workspace because there is no option to have them display as either a button or as a simplified text label with an href link attached.
We have also tried adding files by drag and drop, or as attachments to comments. The problem is, they don’t exactly get organized well if your task requires multiple document attachments. I’m guessing the poster has run into similar issues with these workaround.
But (and I know you’ve heard this before) imagine if these icons for subtasks, attachments and comments were also found in the task detail pane’s fixed header, along with just three more for Top, Fields, and Description. The navigational value of this tiny icon row would be many times the value of those icons in tasks list; it would vastly reduce the imprecise and slow use of scroll bars in the detail pane.
A side benefit: My client contact experience tells me most people don’t know these icons in the list pane can be used to navigate, they assume they’re only informational. Seeing them also at the top of the task detail pane would drive greater use of them in their current location, I bet.
@lpb (cc @ka_nishiyama), I haven’t forgotten the great detail you shared on this in our call last year! There is a lot happening on the Task pane right now so we’re sequencing iterations there at the moment.
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