Task status button

[Donna_Hurst]

I’m working to set up some projects for upcoming events. In working smarter, I chose the Event Planning template and discovered something I’ve not been able to figure out how to recreate.

In list view, there’s a status button (N, I) left of the task.

It also shows up here, replacing the Mark Complete button.

I love the look of this. It puts the status of the task front and center, which sometimes gets lost when using MOCHA framework.

Can someone point me in the direction of a tutorial explaining how to add these options to other projects/tasks?

[Jeremy_Long]

Hi @Donna_Hurst, welcome to the forum!

You can learn more about custom task types by clicking here.

Best,

Jeremy

[Phil_Seeman]

@Donna_Hurst,

Also, here are a couple of valuable forum articles about custom task types:

The Asana feature I wish I’d discovered sooner: Custom Task types

Around this time last year, I wrote this article on how to group your tasks using a single-select field instead of using actual sections which would require a ton of rules to keep everything in sync. This year, Asana changed the game, yet again, by introducing Custom task types! [image] If you are fairly new to Asana or discovering ways to optimize the way you already work in Asana, make sure to check out custom task types - it will improve the way you and your team interact with Asana by sim…

Custom Task types: What you need to know before you go all in

I am happy to (unofficially) announce that Custom task types are the game-changing feature of Asana in 2025 In all seriousness, I have spent the past couple of months extensively using task types in our own Asana system and they have undoubtedly improved they way we work whilst also giving our space a visual upgrade, too. As you can guess, I’m heavily rooting for them and recommending their usage to Asana customers that we work with. [image] However, they come with seve…