First Look: Task Marker

A small tool to cycle through task status markers.

I use the full suite of extended task status markers in Obsidian, as supported by the Minimal theme I use, and others. This allows fine-grained management of tasks in a very small point of focus: what shows up at the left-most character of a task indicates its status. Cool.

So for example, I can create an urgent task which clearly stands out from a simple open task:

The markdown text below that rendering is this:

- [ ] a simple open task
- [!] an urgent task stands out

Here’s the set of extended task statuses that I use, nicely rendered by Minimal:

Extended task status

## Open Tasks

- [ ] a simple open task
- [!] an urgent task stands out
- [?] open but uncertain status, or used as a proposition: should I do this?
- [/] in process task ^bc7034
- [>] assigned task which usually requires a 'to who', like '@Bette'
- [<] waiting task which usually requires a 'for what', like some other task like [[2025-02-08 poetry - Minnie Bruce Pratt - Temporary Job#^bc7034|the 'in process task' above]], a date, or some other condition
- [i] information task which usually means a long-term task

## Closed Tasks

- [x] completed or closed task
- [-] cancelled task

Task Status Changes