Priority Tasks not filter after text is added

[tommyjmoore23]

Hi there,

Really appreciate all the work done on this plugin and I use it a lot. Up until now, I've never used any filters.

I'm trying to create a filter that just shows tasks with any type of priority assigned to them using the code below. It seems fairly straightforward:

not done
priority is not none

When I create a new task and check a priority option, it immediately populates into area above. However, as soon as I type anything after this (for the actual task itself) it disappears. It shows up in a different filter I have for general tasks with the code below.

not done
priority is none

It seems like for some reason as soon as I type anything, it no longer treats it as having a priority. Please advise!

I am using global filter TODO.

[claremacrae]

I suspect you have re-discovered this. If not, I will need an example Markdown line to test with.

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Yes, I'm afraid this is a known limitation of Tasks currently.

Putting any text after Tasks emoji or dataview fields prevents the fields from being read.

It's documented in several places in the user guide, the most detailed being in What do I need to know about the order of items in a task? and the following section.

We are already tracking this ordering limitation in issue #1505. Please do up-vote that with 👍. Thanks.

[tommyjmoore23]

Thank you for your fast response. I think I understand what you are saying.

Can you please recommend an alternative way that I can quickly designate an item on my task list as a priorty, and use a filter to show only those items?

This works for items that are "In Progress."

Perhaps I'm not using the priority filter correctly?

Thank you so much for your help!

[tommyjmoore23]

Oops, please disregard!

For anyone with the same issue, just put the priority emoji at the END of your task string.

Works flawlessly!

If you want to assign to tasks already on your list, hit space at the end of your string and the option will pop up to add priority.

Thank you!!