# Convert task to sub task and Vice Versa

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/convert-task-to-sub-task-and-vice-versa/12072>\
**Category:** Features Launched\
**Tags:** tasks, subtasks\
**Created:** [30 November 2017 15:11 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/convert-task-to-sub-task-and-vice-versa/12072 "2017-11-30T15:11:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![ShunS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/shuns/32/115053_2.png) [@ShunS](https://forum.asana.com/u/ShunS)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2019 13:44 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/convert-task-to-sub-task-and-vice-versa/12072/10 "2019-03-03T13:44:07Z")

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Hello,

As “Tab + R” is now assigned to “Jump to task description” action in Asana, I changed the keyboard shortcut of Asana Navigator to “Tab + O” (C **o** nvert to subtask) from version 1.8.0.  
I also found a feature that only Asana has so I’m updating the information as below in **bold** :

**Update:** After [Tab+O to show/hide the sidebar, your new favorite shortcut!](https://forum.asana.com/t/tab-o-to-show-hide-the-sidebar-your-new-favorite-shortcut/46769), I changed the shortcut to **Tab + G** (from version 1.8.4).

> [@ShunS](#):
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> ### Only the official feature:
> 
> - displays candidate parent tasks before typing any text, such as adjacent tasks and tasks with similar names
> - removes project/assignment from the subtask
> - **excludes descendant tasks, such as subtasks of the task, as candidate parent tasks** (Asana Navigator just does nothing when a descendant task is selected as the new parent task)
> 
> ### Only Asana Navigator:
> 
> - supports shortcut key **(Tab + O)** to invoke
> - allows users to choose the position of the subtask (top or bottom of other subtasks) – the official feature just inserts the subtask in a random position
> - supports undoing the conversion
> - **displays tasks with the same name before typing any text**
> - **supports converting multiple tasks at once**
> 
> ### Neither:
> 
> - supports converting the subtask back to a non-subtask – I think the primary reason is that when the task is orphaned and it doesn’t belong to any project/assignee, it will easily get lost and forgotten

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