Allow going back on menu

[stacksjb]

If I incorrectly select "Pick project" and really wanted to delete, there is no way to go back.

This should probably be a default universal thing, such as pressing left arrow when no text is present, pressing escape (currently exits the program instead of going back a menu), another keyboard shortcut, or simply a "Go back to previous" option added to all menus.

[stacksjb]

It appears this does not work on "Select Project", but it does work as expected on each task under "tod list process" so it may be inconsistent.

I can go through and test each function(s) if needed.

[stacksjb]

I think using "escape" may be appropriate (I can always ctrl-c to break).

"Tod list process" also simply cancels if I hit escape and exits.

[alanvardy]

I can go through and test each function(s) if needed.

This would be a big help if you can :pray:

[stacksjb]

I will look through this, thx.

[stacksjb]

I'm not super familiar with inquire and need to test this - but can you re-map the escape key? so instead of "operation cancelled" it just goes back to the previous option?

That would accomplish the required result much more easily instead of having to add a "back" option to every single menu option.

Otherwise we would need to add something like menu_options.push("q. Back".to_string()); to ever single menu option, and then keep track of the next and previous menus.

Below is a validation of all of the current menus in Tod (and the structure).

Note that most sub-menus need it as well, and many single command (but prompts) have no way of exit/cancel/back - I opened an issue on Inquire to check into this further and see if it might be possible (since that would certainly be easier!)

For the most part, every single "project selection" and "filter selection" option menu needs it - not sure if you're calling the same function universally, but if so that might make keeping track of previous/next menu a bit of work (would need to probably pass in/keep track of the previous menu?)

Also there are a few menus (Such as list process) that do have a "quit" option, which exits the program - this could be reassigned to "back", I don't think we need both "Back" and "Quit"

• tod
• project
• list -> Single command output ✅
• remove -> No back/cancel menu option
• rename -> No back/cancel menu option
• import -> no back/cancel menu option
• empty -> no back cancel menu option
• task
• quick-add -> Single command, though no way to cancel/go back
• create -> single command, no way to cancel/go back
• edit -> no back/cancel menu option
• next -> no back/cancel menu option
• complete -> single command ✅
• list
• view -> No back/cancel from project/filter selection option
• process -> no back/cancel from project/filter, but the end options do have a “Quit” (I think this could be remapped ot back instead - if I want to quit I can always just ctrl-c or close the terminal window)
• label -> no back/cancel once labels are entered (in seleciton menu)
• schedule -> no back/cancel option
• config -> All single command outputs
• help -> all single command ouputs

[alanvardy]

I don't think that I can remap, but I can definitely match on the error call the function again so that the user can select from the beginning if they hit escape.

"Operation was canceled by the user"

Based on my testing, Ctrl+c and Esc are treated the same way, so I would need to provide a quit option to allow the user to escape the menu.

[stacksjb]

If you can go back to the first menu, that might be a good middle ground.

[alanvardy]

• [ ] project
  • [ ] remove -> No back/cancel menu option
  • [ ] rename -> No back/cancel menu option
  • [ ] import -> no back/cancel menu option
  • [ ] empty -> no back cancel menu option
• [ ] task
  • [ ] quick-add -> Single command, though no way to cancel/go back
  • [ ] create -> single command, no way to cancel/go back
  • [ ] edit -> no back/cancel menu option
  • [ ] next -> no back/cancel menu option
  • [ ] complete -> single command ✅
• [ ] list
  • [ ] view -> No back/cancel from project/filter selection option
  • [ ] process -> no back/cancel from project/filter, but the end options do have a “Quit” (I think this could be remapped ot back instead - if I want to quit I can always just ctrl-c or close the terminal window)
  • [ ] label -> no back/cancel once labels are entered (in seleciton menu)
  • [ ] schedule -> no back/cancel option

[stacksjb]

I ran into this again recently on teh schedule option - when selecting date, no "q" or "esc" option listed.

So linked with this would be a need to add documentation to the prompt, i.e.

[arrows to move, []{} move months and years, enter to select, esc to cancel]

[alanvardy]

^ Split out into a different issue