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Quick Add Widget

Use the Quick Add Widget to quickly add tasks and notes from your desktop.

Updated over 3 months ago

What Is Quick Add?

The Quick Add widget is a powerful companion tool that lives in your OS Tray/Menu bar. The widget is part of Taskade desktop apps and lets you quickly add tasks to Projects without opening them in the app. You can even select a target Block for each task.


Use Quick Add

Here's how the add tasks using the Quick Add widget:

  • πŸ”΄ (macOS) Click the Taskade icon in the Menu Bar, or
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  • πŸ”΅ (Windows) Click the Taskade icon in the System Tray.
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    1. Type a text/task ➑ choose target Workspace/Folder and Project.
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      • (optional) Pick the Block where you want to add the task.
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    2. Click Add to Project or use the ⌨️ ⌘ + Enter/Ctrl + Enter shortcut to confirm.

πŸ’‘ Note: You can use the ⌨️ Ctrl + Space shortcut to open the Quick Add menu.

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Change Shortcut Settings

  • πŸ”΄ (macOS):
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    1. Click Taskade in the menu bar (next to the Apple logo).
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    2. Choose Settings from the drop-down list.
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    3. Click the gray area and assign a key combination using your keyboard.
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    4. Click Save to confirm.

  • πŸ”΅ (Windows):
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    1. Click the Taskade logo in the top-left corner.
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    2. Choose Taskade ➀ Settings from the drop-down list.
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    3. Click the gray area and assign a key combination using your keyboard.
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    4. Click Save to confirm.

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