Tagging Basics

We believe that our tagging system is among the most powerful available. At the same time, it is unobtrusive and uses only a minimum of screen real estate. In order for Things to be useful, it is not necessary to use tags at all. Indeed, no pixel of screen real estate is wasted for users who choose to work exclusively with the other features of Things.

The tagging system adapts to your needs. Here is a list of some basic features:

A Magic Tag Bar. The Tag Bar is hidden unless there are actually any to-dos that have tags. When visible it will only show those Tags that are used in the currently displayed to-do list. It is even a little smarter. If all to-dos in the currently displayed list share a common tag, then that tag is not shown at all, since filtering by it wouldn't make any difference. If a tag appears in the Tag Bar, then you can be sure that filtering by it will result in displaying a proper sublist of the current list.

The Tag Bar not only lets you filter by tags, but it also acts as a table of contents to the items in the current list.

Multiple Tags. Every item (To Do, Project, or Area) can have multiple tags. Here the user chose to use the context "Errand" and a priority of "High".

Managing Tags. By choosing the menu command Window > Tags… or clicking the corresponding Toolbar button, you bring up the Tag Window. Using the Tag Window, Tags can be reordered, added, or deleted.

Shortcuts. Tags can be assigned with a keyboard shortcut. Indeed, whenever you create a new tag, a unique shortcut will be generated for you. You can edit this shortcut in the Tag Window. To add or remove a tag using shortcuts, simply select the to-dos you'd like to change and hit the corresponding key.

Collaboration. Only a fraction of the planned collaboration features have been exposed in the interface so far. There will also be a feature involving tags...

For more tagging features please visit Advanced Tagging.