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Quick Add Widget

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

Updated over 10 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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