XMind Pro - Task info and Gantt View should be improved

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I understand Task info and Gantt View should be used for selling XMind Pro,
but the way how they are implemented now are not important arguments for
subscribing to XMind pro. 
Maybe its a good idea not to implement all this features in XMind from new
but to integrate Gantt and project functions from other open source
projects which are better specialized on this?
Maybe there could be some plugins for XMind for collaborating with other
project management tools?

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. items are only shown in the Gantt view after assignig start and end
date, this is OK, but it's not the best solution
3. try to assign a start date or end date, there is no calender to choose,
you must enter the year, month, day
3. assign a start date before the end date, there is no validation, they
are shown in the gantt view vice versa
4. for some items the start and end date can be changed graphically in the
gantt view, for other it's not possible, I don't understand the logic when
it's possible and when not. When it's not possible, the item name is inside
the task bar for example so "teil 1 (0%)". When it's possible, the task
name is on the left and on the bar the number of days is shown.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
some minimum functionality should be:
5. selecting the dates from calendar
6. validations (start <= end?, ...)
7. gantt view: changing start and end using mouse drag and drop should be
possible allways, not only for some items. If it's not possible for some
items it should be clear why. 
8. nested sub items:
showing items in Gantt view should not only depend on existing start and
end date. 
I suggest some item property if the item should be shown in Gantt View or not.
If the item has no start / end, the current date could be used (or some
other logic).
if there are items selected and sub items (child items, ...) to show in
Gantt view they should be shown nested. I think about this like a structure
view and a filter for the property "Show in Gantt".
8b. allow adding items to Gantt View by mouse drag and drop (if dropped to
the Gantt view the property "show in Gantt" should be set; and vice versa:
if removed from the Gantt view, the property should be disabled)
9. dependencies: how to define and show them?
10. implementing point 8 or 9 also meens: start and end date should change
if they change in sub items or dependent items.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
XMind 3.1.0
Windows 7 32-bit German

Original issue reported on code.google.com by germo.go...@gmail.com on 27 Nov 2009 at 4:23

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thanks for your suggestions. XMind would consider how to improve Gantt view 
better. 

Original comment by stephen0...@gmail.com on 15 Dec 2009 at 8:32

• Changed state: Accepted

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I would also like to see these feature implimented - specifically the drag and 
drop and dependancies based on connections in the mind map.

Also ability to group gantt chart entries by assigned to category

Original comment by charlieb...@gmail.com on 2 Nov 2010 at 12:53

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Hm, I just bought a one-year subscription based on this advertised Gantt 
diagram option. I'm sorry but it seems to me that you mixed up two totally 
different concepts: Task lists and Gantt diagrams. Your implementation uses 
elements of Gantt diagrams but in fact it's just a pretty way to show unrelated 
tasks in a simple calendar view. Sorting tasks by priorities is ok for this 
kind of view, but has nothing to do with a classical Gantt diagram which has to 
condense complex interdependend tasks into an easily comprehendable scheme. 

To legitimately call it Gantt diagram I'd say you'll have to integrate at least

- nested tasks
- dependencies/critical pathways
- start/duration, not only start/end.

And please give resources some love too: A decent resource view and resource 
cost/time would be nice.
I absolutely second the OP's idea of an additional item property "show in 
Gantt".

Regards,
F. Helm

Original comment by flor...@familie-helm.de on 4 Nov 2010 at 2:19

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No. 10 of the OP still seems to be an issue. If a the date and duration 
properties of a task are changed (longer duration, postponed), depending tasks 
should move accordingly. Otherwise, the dependencies-feature merely seems to be 
a visualization feature without a real function.

(XMind 3.4.1)

Original comment by bo...@dipf.de on 30 Sep 2014 at 1:52