Bug: Gantt View Doesn't Respect Default Custom Task Type

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The Gantt view has a bug where it doesn’t respect the default custom task type set for the project across all “add task” pathways.

Hitting the keyboard return keyboard shortcut creates a task, but does not respect the default task type set for the project.

Aside: ⇧ return does nothing in the Gantt view. But I believe that’s a separate issue.

The following two pathways work:

  1. Working: Clicking the “Add task” button in the Timeline-toolbar above the Timeline-wrapper. And yes, I know this is a Gantt and not a toolbar; but you folks still use the Toolbar class in your HTML for it.
  2. Working: Clicking the “Add task” area under tasks in a group in the GanttLeftPane-addTaskRowSpreadsheetRow div.

Callouts 1 & 2 in the image below correspond with the working items above, respectively.

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bug gantt custom-task-types consistency

CC: @Emily_Roman - Here’s another issue/bug similar to the one you flagged about two weeks ago; but this one occurs in the Gantt view.

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Hi @Skyler, thanks for reporting this!

I’ve submitted a ticket to our engineering team for further investigation. I’ll keep an eye on the progress and will update this thread as soon as I hear back.

Thanks for your patience in the meantime! :raising_hands: