Note: Not a solution but marked as such to elevate a key reply
@Sami_Gatesman, I agree with you that it would be helpful, and in case you missed it, I provided a workaround that you can use now:
Also, another option (or could be used in combination) that could help is Automatic progress calculation by Milestones instead of tasks. I almost always prefer that option vs the tasks option.
@Emily_Roman, Would you consider reopening the topic @Sami_Gatesman linked to above? I think it would be good to do that because the feature launched didn’t actually address the request, and merge this topic into that one once re-opened.
Thanks,
Larry