The IDE has a task list feature that provides a way for you to write notes in your code and then view all of these notes in a single task (or "to do") list. You can use the task list as the center of operations when cleaning up loose ends in your code. A line is displayed in the task list if it is "tagged" with (contains) any of the following text:
To view the task list, choose Window | To Do (or press Ctrl-6). Once you have displayed the To Do window (shown in Figure 5-18), you can view tasks for the current file, for all open files, or for a specific folder by clicking the corresponding button at the top of the To Do window. Figure 5-18. To Do window
You can sort task-list items by task, location, or priority by clicking the corresponding column titles. See Displaying Tasks by Priority later in this chapter for information on displaying the Priority column. You can jump from an entry in the task list straight to the line in the code where you wrote the note by double-clicking the entry. Adding, Removing, and Changing Task-List TagsTo change the tags that are used for the task list:
Displaying Tasks by PriorityYou can also display priorities for each task-list item. The available priorities are High, Medium-High, Medium, Medium-Low, and Low. By default, the Priority column is not displayed. You can display the Priority column by clicking the icon and selecting the Priority checkbox in the Change Visible Columns dialog box. The priority values can be assigned by tag. By default, all tags are assigned Medium priority except the <<<<<<< tag, which is given High priority. To change a priority value for a tag:
Filtering Task-List EntriesYou can further limit the entries displayed in the task list by creating and using filters. When you use a filter, only entries that match criteria specified by the filter are displayed. Criteria include text that needs to appear in the note, the priority of the task, and/or the filename. To create a filter:
An entry for the newly defined filter appears in a combo box in the To Do Window toolbar. |