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. [image] It also shows up here, replacing the …

@Donna_Hurst , Also, here are a couple of valuable forum articles about custom task types: [image] scream The Asana feature I wish I’d discovered sooner: Custom Task types Getting Started Around this time last year, I wrote this article on how to group your ta…

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Jeremy_Long December 18, 2025, 7:55pm 2

Hi @Donna_Hurst, welcome to the forum!

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

Best,

Jeremy

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