Bring back Subtask count with colour status icons (List view, Home, Dashboards, etc)
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Guy Mannerings
For me, the new 3.0 way of not showing subtask count with colour icons for their statuses is a big step back.
(This applies to all areas where subtask count is shown (Home, Task View, Dashboards, etc) but specifically List view.)
1. It is much slower to use.
With the previous approach, you could look at a task in a List, and very quickly, with no further clicks, see exactly how many subtasks you had and with what status.
Now, you have to click to open the task or expand it to see how many subtasks of what status you have.
It is so much slower and less effective.
For example, if you have a subtask status colour of orange to signify you are waiting for something, you know that just by looking at the subtask coloured icons in 2.0, so you know you don't need to act on anything. In 3.0, you don't know what the subtask statuses are instantly, so you have to expand the task or open it just to realise you don't need to act on it, as you are waiting for something.
2. It is very easy to miss you have subtasks.
A big problem in ClickUp has always been not seeing that you have subtasks.
One area this was never a problem in 2.0 was in List view, because of these super-useful Subtask status count colour icons.
But this is now a huge problem with 3.0 List view.
A grey icon that melts in to the rest of the UI does not call attention to the fact you have subtasks.
The old way of showing you status colour icons with a subtask count instantly grabbed your attention.
So if you were looking at a List of 20 tasks, you could see which tasks had subtasks and of what status.
Now, you don't see them. They simply get lost in the rest of the UI.
It is not a workable solution to set to show all subtasks, as then Lists become massive and unmanageable to look at.
Simply colouring the new icon brighter would also not be as good, because it still doesn't tell you as much and as quickly as the 2.0 way (although it would be better than the grey icon alone).
Please bring back the really useful subtask count with status colour icons from 2.0.
They were so useful.
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Luci N.
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Guy Mannerings
Luci N. Hi Luci, rather than creating a new request and losing all the feedback, ideas, etc, including response from the PM on this below (where he said he was raising it for consideration/ideation), could you simply re-open it?
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Guy Mannerings
I notice that we now have the option to turn on and off things like the Task Description icon next to a Task Name with a toggle setting "Task Properties".
Could we please get a similar setting for this feature request, so we can change the current subtask icon to the more detailed v2 icons requested in this feedback?
I am missing so many subtasks because of this removal since v3. The current subtask icon is not useful for pulling your eye and telling you you have subtasks, and in what status. It just sinks away in to the background and your eye misses it. So now you have to expand all Tasks to see the same information and not miss subtasks, which is massively overwhelming (from seeing all your subtasks) and is visually messy.
So if we could turn on this v2 feature with a toggle option, that would be really helpful!
An alternative idea would be to have Subtasks as a column, which has its own pros and cons compared to this request, but would work - https://feedback.clickup.com/feature-requests/p/subtask-count-in-a-column-with-coloured-icons-for-count-of-subtasks-in-each-stat
Guy Mannerings
Sorry Caroline Ginty for tagging you. I think this is a Michael thing, but I can't get Canny to tag him. But I do wonder if you could take a look at this anyway.
I can't tell you how many subtasks I miss because of this feature removal, and how much more overwhelming it is to have to expand every Task so as to not miss its subtasks.
A simple toggle option in settings would really save the day, whilst not forcing it on people that like the current setup.
Michael Van Doorn
Guy Mannerings: Sorry about that! I've updated my name so it's easier to find me.
Agreed with you that the correct approach here is introducing a toggle similar to the new 'Task properties' setting.
I'll raise this to the team for planning/research.
Guy Mannerings
Michael Van Doorn That would be amazing! Thank you!
Of course, let me know if you want any testers.
Thanks for coming back to me on this. I appreciate it!
Cameron Hill
Additionally, Subtask counts as a column to allow export to quickly tabulate the number of subtasks per task for reporting.
Evripides Gavriel
You can hover over it. I know it's not too "quick" again but it'll take space. I would recommend this tho as a ClickApp. For simple lists i can see it playing a role in productivity.
Guy Mannerings
Evripides Gavriel A ClickApp or toggle option (like with "Task Properties" would be really helpful.
Unfortunately, hovering over the new icon is not that helpful because the usefulness of the old icons lay in the fact that they:
- Pulled your eye so you didn't miss them, and
- Told you information quickly.
The current set-up does not pull your eye
at all
. The subtask icon just melts in to the background because pretty much every task has a subtask (so it does not stand out), and it is also light grey over white.Then, if you do notice the subtask icon, now you have to take extra time and steps to see what subtasks there are in what status.
The old one pulled your eye straight away, and you could see instantly what subtasks you had in what status.
So I really hope we can get this back. I am missing so many subtasks because of this removal.
Evripides Gavriel
Guy Mannerings I'm with you on the ClickUp for this one.