maybe a dumb question, but what is the purpose/meaning of an "invalidated" task?

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  1. Jim McGuire28 December 2016 at 08:08

    I've wondered the same thing...

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  2. Jim Leff28 December 2016 at 08:19

    You validate something when it's complete, by hitting space. To reverse that action, you hit shift/space. I'd suggest Kir change the term from "invalidate" to "un-validate" for clarity.

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  3. Crispin Bennett28 December 2016 at 18:09

    Jim Leff That's not quite right: hitting space 'completes' a task (rendered by default as struck through). Invalidating it with shift+space puts it in the 'completed' part of the list (ie. it disappears if you hide completed), but decrements only the total tasks number, not the completed tasks. It gets rendered by default with italics.

    I'm not quite sure what the use of it is. Perhaps it's for people who make serious use of the progress counter, offering a way to hide tasks without adding them to the 'completed' count?

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  4. Crispin Bennett28 December 2016 at 18:14

    The reference mentions invalidated tasks in the Confluence export, so they might exist primarily for interop.
    checkvist.com - Checkvist: Reference

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  5. Kirill Maximov (KIR)29 December 2016 at 12:34

    Hi everyone, initially 'invalidated' tasks were introduced to mark some tasks in the list as non-relevant at some context. I.e. they cannot be 'completed' in some situation, but we still want to keep them in the list due to some reason.

    They make sense if you have a template list of tasks (checklist), and copy this list over and over. This status excludes task from the progress counter, marks the list item italic, and such tasks are hidden in 'hide completed' mode.

    This feature is not very useful for most people, but it was present since the very first version of Checkvist, and has its users.

    Hope this clarifies things a bit :)

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  6. Ralf Hauber25 February 2017 at 15:40

    I use them for everything that won't or can't be completed. Mostly notes. Other than Checkvist notes, they can be moved around, nested, ... (i. e. they have all the great powers of tasks).

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