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Manual sorting

My order sort mode allows you to manually rearrange your tasks in a particular task list. Select a task list, open the overflow menu sort options, choose My order. Then long press to initiate a drag-and-drop gesture, then move your task up or down to re-arrange it, or move it to the side to turn it into a subtask

My order is supported for:

  • Local lists
  • Google Task lists
  • CalDAV lists
  • EteSync lists
  • DAVx⁵ lists

My order is not yet supported for:

  • Tags
  • Filters

Google Tasks

You must toggle on ☰ > Synchronization > Google Tasks > Custom order synchronization fix to workaround a long-standing bug in the Google Tasks API. This setting will force Tasks to always perform a full synchronization of your custom ordering and subtask information

CalDAV, DAVx⁵, and EteSync lists

Tasks implements My order using x-apple-sort-order, a non-standard extension to the iCalendar protocol. This sort order is compatible with Apple Reminders and Nextcloud Tasks.

Astrid manual sorting

Tasks supports Astrid's legacy manual sort mode for 'My Tasks', 'Today', and tags

  • This sort mode will be replaced in a future release
  • Toggle on ☰ > Advanced > Astrid manual sorting to enable this sort mode
  • Show hidden and Show completed toggles are not supported
  • Manual order changes in this sort mode are not reflected in My order
  • Subtasks created in this sort mode are not visible in the edit screen
  • Subtasks created in this sort mode are not visible in other sort modes
  • Subtasks created in this sort mode are not collapsible