For a To Do List, consider keeping two lists:
- To Do
- Done
The has two advantages:
- The To Do list gets shorter as you complete tasks
- The Done list can be used to repopulate the ToDo list for repeating tasks, like Is this my year to vacuum?
Here is my personal To Do List app:
(It adds new tasks to the top of the To Do List.
Both the ToDo List and Done List are List Pickers. I build up the To Do List .Text to show it all at a glance. (I could have used a ListView instead.)
Designer:
The input text box serves double duty as a label to show the currently selected task, to help move the selected task up and down the list. Tasks need to be kept in the order I plan to work them.
Sample run:
Blocks:
Retrieving my lists from TinyDB is made foolproof against non-list residue from prior testing.
Selecting tasks:
I use a negative selection index to remember which list (ToDo/Done) the displayed task came from.
When a task is marked Done:
Deleting a Task:
Moving tasks up and down the lists:
Source:
ToDo.aia (7.2 KB)