We’re updating our Task pane!

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I’ve been using these recent Task Pane updates for some weeks (I was in the beta test). While I like a few of the changes, I’m unhappy with many of them (similar to @Steven_Mascaro’s post above We’re updating our Task pane! - #6 by Steven_Mascaro). I supplied this info, and more, as beta feedback but I’m posting here in the Forum as Product Feedback to allow others to vote or otherwise express their opinions on these ideas which didn’t made it into the update. Please vote for any/all that you agree with:

Task Pane - Improve layout of fields/labels including minimizing wasted space

First, a screenshot to be referenced in the first two bullets below: [image] Wasted space-top right: Above image “A” area is mostly wasted. Wasted space bottom-left: Above image “B” area is mostly wasted. I don’t think it’s imperative to have all left-aligned labels. I’d prefer top-aligned labels to improve space, particularly for B savings but also to provide more width for horizontal layouts as mentioned below. I’d prefer if you went back to the old Assignee and Due Date approach, side b…

Task Pane - Make adding Subtasks/Subsections more discoverable and consistent with adding Tasks

Instead of just + Add subtask : This should be a control like: [image] (but change “Task” to “Subtask” and change “Section” to “Subsection”) so you can easily add a subtask or subsection (and milestone eventually) and be reminded of the shortcuts. Maybe include both at top and bottom of Subtasks list if more than a few subtasks present. Thanks, Larry

Task Pane - Add tooltip for Marked For icon inside the Assignee control

Can this be improved a bit at least to add a tooltip (saying Today, Upcoming, or Later) to explain the icon and make it a little more apparent that it’s there? Thanks, Larry

Task Pane - Reduce default height of New Comment sticky area at bottom

It’s very tall by default, fixed (sticky), but since it’s not always used (reading Comments must be more common than writing them) so it takes up space which is distracting and causes extra scrolling for longer detail pane tasks. What about a single-line hight comment affordance? Doesn’t that accomplish all that the taller one does? And you can still increase height after clicking in it (then collapse again when clicking out). Thanks, Larry

Task Pane - Easier vertical navigation via "scroll spy" / "pane tabs" control

I’ve used the following approach successfully in several enterprise web apps and you use it in your new Asana API site sidebar too. To avoid lots of indirect, inaccurate manual scrolling, add “pane-tabs” (aka scroll spies.) See the crude Title, Description, Subtasks and Comments lightweight tabs I added below within the sticky header: [image] Clicking on one of those tabs (e.g. Comments) would make the task pane animate-scroll vertically such that the start of the chosen tab (e.g. the first C…

Thanks,

Larry