# Taking bulk actions in Asana List view just got easier! **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Updates\ **Created:** [29 January 2020 12:24 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550 "2020-01-29T12:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/marie/32/42208_2.png) [@Marie](https://forum.asana.com/u/Marie)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2020 12:24 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/1 "2020-01-29T12:24:21Z")
Hi everyone šŸ‘‹šŸ¼ As part of our effort to develop and improve our new project List view, weā€™re introducing a brand new multi-select experience! Starting today, you can multi-select tasks and take actions (ie: set Assignees, Due dates or Custom Fields) directly from your project list view! A snazzy toolbar will also appear at the bottom of your screen, allowing to: - See the number of tasks selected - See sums up of your Custom fields - Add the selected tasks to a project - Move selected tasks to a different section - Copy/paste the URLs of the selected tasks - Delete these tasks - Mark selected tasks as Milestones or complete Have a look at this handy [article](https://asana.com/guide/help/faq/multiselect) for some screenshots and additional info! Weā€™re hoping this new multi-select experience will give you more clarity on what impact youā€™re having when taking actions in bulk! This update is already available to 100% of our users and as always, we look forward to answering your questions and listening to your feedback in the comments below! Have a great week! ---
**Author:** ![Marie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/marie/32/42208_2.png) [@Marie](https://forum.asana.com/u/Marie)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2020 12:24 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/2 "2020-01-29T12:24:29Z")
Pinned on 29 January 2020 12:24 UTC ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Massey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/brian_massey/32/34280_2.png) [@Brian\_Massey](https://forum.asana.com/u/Brian_Massey)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2020 12:30 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/3 "2020-01-29T12:30:31Z")
@Marie Did this new multi-select experience remove keyboard shortcuts for adding Assignees, Due dates and tags in bulk? ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Fanelli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/brian_fanelli/32/48545_2.png) [@Brian\_Fanelli](https://forum.asana.com/u/Brian_Fanelli)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2020 14:29 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/4 "2020-01-29T14:29:26Z")
This is very problematic to our workflow. Please see my post below: > [@Allow to open task details when multi-selecting tasks](https://forum.asana.com/t/allow-to-open-task-details-when-multi-selecting-tasks/72269): > > Can someone share what the benefits are of this new UI for editing multiple tasks within a project when you select more than one task? And is there an option somewhere to disable this new feature? Before when I selected multiple tasks, I could see the ā€œDetailsā€ section of the task, and then in one place I could see all associated projects, tags, and fields. I needed that if I needed to change field info for a bunch of tasks, without having to clog up the columns of the main project page, turninā€¦ and this ([Editing multiple tasks after the recent update - #6 by Nicolas\_Fischer](https://forum.asana.com/t/allow-to-action-fields-hidden-from-project-list-when-multi-selecting-tasks/72407/6)) similar one. The Asanaā€™s proposed ā€œfixā€ for the issue at hand is not helpful as it forces us to treat asana like a huge excel spreadsheet when we have lots of fields and tags to work with. Lots of activating and deactivating shown fields in the project view would be necessary, and would be a massive pain for us. Please revert this, or at least give us the option to view the details section again when selecting multiple tasks. ---
**Author:** ![Marie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/marie/32/42208_2.png) [@Marie](https://forum.asana.com/u/Marie)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2020 15:57 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/5 "2020-01-29T15:57:38Z")
Hi @Brian_Massey šŸ‘‹šŸ¼ Our team is aware that shortcuts are currently not working when selecting multiple tasks; theyā€™re looking into a solution to re-introduce them but itā€™s proving to be challenging! @Natalia and I are both following this task and weā€™ll make sure to keep you posted via this thread as soon as we have an update! ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Massey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/brian_massey/32/34280_2.png) [@Brian\_Massey](https://forum.asana.com/u/Brian_Massey)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2020 16:03 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/6 "2020-01-29T16:03:08Z")
Thanks Marie šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Flowers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jonathan_flowers/32/63447_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Flowers](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jonathan_Flowers)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2020 17:37 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/7 "2020-01-29T17:37:53Z")
Hello Marie, I think this was stated in a similar way above, but I got this new feature today and it appears to offer no real new functionality while taking away some significant features I used to use in my workflow. Previously when I selected multiple tasks I could see a ā€œcombinedā€ task details screen that allowed me to update all custom fields, dates, assignees, etc in one place No longer being able to see the task details when i select multiple tasks means that I am no longer able to do any of this as easily. Instead, I need to update fields in the ā€œspreadsheetā€ view, which is much less clear that it is actually going to bulk-update. I can use this to bulk-update things like assignee and due dates, which is fine, but was much easier and clearer under the old system The SIGNIFICANTLY worse problem is that now it appears that there is _no_ way to update numerous other fields at all by bulk anymore. Any custom field that is on the project but is _not_ set to display in the task view can no longer be updated in bulk at all anymore. Even worse, things that ARE on the task list view donā€™t appear to be editable in bulk anymore either. Specifically, two major things I used constantly (using the combined task details to add multiple tasks together into a new project, and into a different section of the same project using the drop-down) appear to not be possible anymore under the new bulk action flow. I canā€™t see any way to move bulk tasks between sections without dragging them (which is very difficult on projects with hundreds of tasks and multiple sections), and I canā€™t see any way to add bulk items to an additional project at all (clicking the ā€œprojectā€ field in the task list does not do anything). Honestly, I am usually all-in for all the new changes and features Asana releases, but this one does not seem like it was well thought out or is just not ready at all. I think this should be reverted until it becomes possible to access the same ā€œcombined task detailsā€ view that we previously had using the new system. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Flowers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jonathan_flowers/32/63447_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Flowers](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jonathan_Flowers)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2020 17:41 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/8 "2020-01-29T17:41:19Z")
One correction to my post: I did find that I can edit projects from the project field; you just have to click directly on the listed project rather than to the side / next to it. Other critiques are still valid though, the biggest problem is the loss of the ability to easily change sections and not being able to update fields that are not visible on the spreadsheet view ---
**Author:** ![anon76975428](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon76975428](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon76975428)\ **Post date:** [30 January 2020 09:23 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/9 "2020-01-30T09:23:27Z")
Hey. After the last update, I encountered a similar problem. Previously, there was a function ā€œremove this task from projectā€ for several selected tasks at once. Now this is not possible and it is necessary to clean each task individually. It would be great if we could remove tasks from the project en masse. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Fischer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/nicolas_fischer/32/48458_2.png) [@Nicolas\_Fischer](https://forum.asana.com/u/Nicolas_Fischer)\ **Post date:** [30 January 2020 09:50 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/10 "2020-01-30T09:50:20Z")
As outlined [here](https://forum.asana.com/t/allow-to-action-fields-hidden-from-project-list-when-multi-selecting-tasks/72407) and [here](https://forum.asana.com/t/allow-to-open-task-details-when-multi-selecting-tasks/72269) thereā€™s lots of issues with this update. Really hope for a quick rollback or fix. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/maggie/32/39202_2.png) [@Maggie](https://forum.asana.com/u/Maggie)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2020 18:03 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/11 "2020-01-31T18:03:06Z")
Following to know when this is fixed, I would honestly rather go back to how bulk actions worked previously. I just read another post about how much we love tags, which I do, and now canā€™t use them properly. Please let us know once you have an update @Marie! ---
**Author:** ![metodiew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/metodiew/32/179574_2.png) [@metodiew](https://forum.asana.com/u/metodiew)\ **Post date:** [31 January 2020 21:05 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/12 "2020-01-31T21:05:26Z")
Hey, Sharing some more feedback here. I think the new update is making the update of multiple tasks harder for the same reasons as other members already shared. I really miss the lack of adding/updating tags easily and I hope for a quick fix or a rollback. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Fathuhulla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/fathuhulla/32/48345_2.png) [@Fathuhulla](https://forum.asana.com/u/Fathuhulla)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2020 04:45 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/13 "2020-02-02T04:45:44Z")
Itā€™s not possible to duplicate selected tasks. Will this feature be introduced in future. It would save a lot of time spend in creating tasks. ---
**Author:** ![Nina\_Petropoulos1](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Nina\_Petropoulos1](https://forum.asana.com/u/Nina_Petropoulos1)\ **Post date:** [5 February 2020 19:44 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/15 "2020-02-05T19:44:25Z")
Agreed. The change has really interrupted my workflow. If the task details section comes back, Iā€™d be able to stomach the rest of the changes. ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_L](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/sarah_l/32/4953_2.png) [@Sarah\_L](https://forum.asana.com/u/Sarah_L)\ **Post date:** [13 February 2020 01:29 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/16 "2020-02-13T01:29:41Z")
Iā€™ve figured out how to bulk assign tags now (had me really stumped for a while - the new feature tooltips didnā€™t explain this), but am also greatly missing the ability to move multiple tasks within sections by selecting from a list rather than dragging. ---
**Author:** ![Jordan\_Moncharmont](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jordan_moncharmont/32/48317_2.png) [@Jordan\_Moncharmont](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jordan_Moncharmont)\ **Post date:** [13 February 2020 03:57 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/17 "2020-02-13T03:57:46Z")
I am also struggling with the changes as others have mentioned above ā€“ can someone from the Asana team give an update about this feature change? ---
**Author:** ![Marie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/marie/32/42208_2.png) [@Marie](https://forum.asana.com/u/Marie)\ **Post date:** [17 February 2020 13:16 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/18 "2020-02-17T13:16:42Z")
Hi everyone and thank you so much for your feedback so far! Weā€™ve already made some iterations based on your comments above, so just wanted to give you a quick update: 1. The shortcuts Tab+A and Tab+D have been fixed and are currently operational! cc @Brian_Massey 2. Weā€™re also shipping a solution to allow you editing custom fields not displayed on the grid, directly from the new multi-select toolbar; see screenshot attached. (Please note this update is currently available to 50% of our customers, it should be rolled out to the remaining 50% of our customers over the next couple of days). ![Capture dā€™eĢcran 2020-02-17 aĢ€ 13.10.46](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/d/5/d583f4849dc9a1d411c8b64df16c52dfeecff5be.png) Iā€™ll continue updating this thread as we work toward improving the new multiselect feature. Thank you so much for your patience and for taking the time to share your feedback with us! ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Massey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/brian_massey/32/34280_2.png) [@Brian\_Massey](https://forum.asana.com/u/Brian_Massey)\ **Post date:** [17 February 2020 22:45 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/19 "2020-02-17T22:45:04Z")
Fantastic implementation! Great job Asana team!!! ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Fischer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/nicolas_fischer/32/48458_2.png) [@Nicolas\_Fischer](https://forum.asana.com/u/Nicolas_Fischer)\ **Post date:** [19 February 2020 08:15 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/20 "2020-02-19T08:15:44Z")
Finally, thank you! I still think the new editing toolbar is quiet cumbersome but at least we got the functionality back. Also maybe a little off-topic, but are we the only team that is annoyed by being advertised to as an already paying customer? No offense, but if I am interested in upgrading to business Iā€™ll let you know, please stop shoving the new approval feature in our faces. Especially when it takes up space that could be used for something else. ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_L](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/sarah_l/32/4953_2.png) [@Sarah\_L](https://forum.asana.com/u/Sarah_L)\ **Post date:** [25 February 2020 01:24 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550/21 "2020-02-25T01:24:45Z")
Thatā€™s great, can we also have Tab-T back? šŸ™‚ [Next page](https://forum.asana.com/t/taking-bulk-actions-in-asana-list-view-just-got-easier/72550.md?page=2)