Convert Subtask to Task (NEW QUESTION)

[Erika_Alonso]

What I’ve been doing as a workaround is the following:

1. Create a new top-level task, copy and paste subtask title into new task
2. Merge subtask into the new top-level task.

I’m fairly sure this retains all the information from the merged task.

[anon18061031]

I have spent hours trying to do this. My sub tasks need to turn into tasks into different projects. Instead, when I move them into different projects, they live there and I can’t remove them from the old projects. Why not just be able to change a sub task into a task?

[Paula_G]

The only thing I’ve found that works @anon18061031 is to open the details window, on the right-hand side, in the project where the subtask lives.

Drag the subtask over the the main task list on the left-hand side. But you have to hover at the very top of the list, right underneath the “Task Name” header until you see a dark black line. If you drop the subtask there it will turn into a top-level task. You should be able to make it a task in any new project from there.

It looks like it may not be working consistently for some, but I just tested it and it still works for me (on the web version).

As much as I love Asana, this is a massive oversight on their part as far as the user experience.

[Anna_F]

Hi there, can someone post a quick video of what you do to move a subtask to become a task? I read through this thread and I am not accomplishing it.

[lpb]

Not a video, but did you try this which seemed to work for others:

@lpb

Let’s assume in project P1 list view there’s a task T1 with subtasks S1 and S2. My understanding is you want to move subtasks S1 and S2 into P1 to become tasks S1 and S2.

1. In tasks pane click on T1.
2. In detail pane click on S1, then shift-click on S2
3. Drag the drag handle of either S1 or S2 from right detail pane to chosen position in tasks pane

Larry

[anon18061031]

Not a video. The only thing I’ve gotten to work:

1. Expand the task
2. Click the set of 6 docs to the left of the sub task
3. Drag the subtask to the left in the far pane into the project that you want it in. Now it’s a task.

[Ben_Walker]

Thanks for this, Michael! I found the same behaviour - the above solution only copied the sub-task in the same view as the parent task - it didn’t break the Parent<>Sub relationship.

But by dragging the Sub Task all the way to the left hand list of projects, I could drop it in the project I wanted.

Interestingly, though, I found the newly minted Task would just pop to the top of whatever project I had dropped it on - so not quite out into the depths of Purgatory!

[John_Yuill]

Gold!