Google Tasks on Windows, Wednesday, Mar 4, 2026

Discussed topics

Google Tasks overview and accessibility

The session began with an introduction to Google Tasks as a cross-platform task management tool.

• Details
  • Siena: Explained that Google Tasks works on web, iPhone, and Android platforms
  • Siena: Demonstrated that the web version is accessible at tasks.google.com
  • Siena: Noted that when using JAWS screen reader, users need to turn off Virtual PC cursor to access keyboard shortcuts
• Conclusion
  • Google Tasks provides a consistent experience across different devices
  • Screen reader users can effectively navigate the interface with proper settings

Keyboard shortcuts

A comprehensive review of keyboard shortcuts available in Google Tasks was provided.

• Details
  • Siena: Pressed Shift+/ (question mark) to display the keyboard shortcuts dialog
  • Siena: Reviewed navigation shortcuts: up/down arrows to move between tasks, Home to focus first task, End to focus last task
  • Siena: Covered task actions: C to create, Space to mark complete/incomplete, Enter to edit, Delete/Backspace to remove
  • Siena: Explained list management shortcuts: L to create a new list, left arrow to focus on lists, right arrow to focus on tasks within a list
  • Ali: Noted that Mac shortcuts differ slightly, with Command replacing Ctrl in most cases
• Conclusion
  • Extensive keyboard shortcuts make Google Tasks efficient for keyboard-only users
  • Shortcuts are organized into categories: Navigation, Task Actions, Editing Tasks, List Actions, and Application

Creating and managing tasks

The session demonstrated how to create and manage tasks with various options.

• Details
  • Siena: Created a task titled “Transfer Techstravaganza topics from reminders to Google tasks”
  • Siena: Showed how to set dates using the date picker or by typing directly
  • Siena: Demonstrated setting times in half-hour increments
  • Siena: Created recurring tasks in the “Medicine” list for “Take my drops” and “Take my puffer”
  • Ali: Helped troubleshoot task creation when Siena encountered issues
• Conclusion
  • Tasks can be created with the C shortcut or Add Task button
  • Date and time settings are flexible with multiple input methods
  • Tasks can be assigned to specific lists for organization

Recurrence options

The session explored setting up recurring tasks with various frequency options.

• Details
  • Siena: Demonstrated setting daily recurrence for medication tasks
  • Siena: Explored custom recurrence options including intervals (every X days/weeks/months/years)
  • Siena: Noted that unlike Apple Reminders, Google Tasks doesn’t appear to support patterns like “first Thursday of the month”
  • Ali: Acknowledged that Apple Reminders offers more flexibility for recurrence patterns
• Conclusion
  • Google Tasks supports basic recurrence patterns (daily, weekly, monthly, annually)
  • Custom recurrence allows for interval-based scheduling
  • Some advanced recurrence patterns are not available

Subtasks and task organization

The session demonstrated creating and managing subtasks and organizing tasks.

• Details
  • Siena: Added subtasks to the “Transfer Techstravaganza topics” task
  • Siena: Created subtasks for “Download the separate tracks for each participant” and “Create a folder in recordings/originals with today’s date”
  • Siena: Demonstrated reordering subtasks using Ctrl+Down arrow
  • Siena: Showed how to navigate between main tasks and subtasks
• Conclusion
  • Subtasks can be added through the task options menu or with Ctrl+Alt+Enter
  • Tasks and subtasks can be reordered using keyboard shortcuts
  • Subtasks help organize complex tasks into manageable components

List management

The session covered creating and managing task lists.

• Details
  • Siena: Created a “Medicine” list for medication-related tasks
  • Ali: Created a “Techstravaganza afternoons” list
  • Siena: Explored list options including sorting, renaming, deleting, and printing
  • Siena: Noted that old Google Keep reminders had been migrated to a special list in Google Tasks
• Conclusion
  • Multiple lists help organize different categories of tasks
  • Lists can be managed with various sorting and organization options
  • No option was found to share lists with other users

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