fix(TaskBody): show due date instead of start date in task list#3190
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The recurring tasks change (nextcloud#3021) made the task list prefer the start date over the due date whenever a start date was set, so a task with both a start and a due date wrongly showed its start date and hid the due date (nextcloud#3187). Revert the date column to its pre-0.18.0 behavior: always show the due date. The start date is not the actionable date in the list, and showing it in the same column as the due date - same style, no label - made it impossible to tell which date was shown. Recurrence does not change this: the completion handler advances the due date (anchored on `task.due || task.start`), so the due date is the relevant value for recurring tasks too. The recurring indicator icon is unaffected. This also restores correct overdue semantics: a task is overdue based on its due date only, not its start date. Fixes nextcloud#3187
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@schulm Thanks a lot for the comprehensive explanation and for providing the fix! |
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Fix: task list shows due date instead of start date (#3187)
Problem
Since the recurring-tasks change (#3021), the task list started showing the start date instead of the due date for tasks that have both set — a regression from 0.17.1 (#3187).
Background
I tried to remember the reasoning behind the original change. As best I can reconstruct it, the idea was to surface some date for tasks that have only a start date (which previously showed nothing) — but the precedence ended up backwards, so the start date was preferred in all cases, hiding the due date whenever both were set.
Thinking it through again: the start date isn't the actionable date in the list, and recurrence doesn't change that — the due date is what matters, and it's also the value the recurrence completion advances (
task.due || task.start). Putting a start date in the same unlabeled column as due dates was also the source of the "which date is this?" confusion.Fix
Revert the date column to its pre-0.18.0 behavior: always show the due date.
v-if="task.due || task.completed"dueDateShort/dueDateLonguse the due date directlyThe recurring indicator icon is unaffected. Start-only tasks show no date text (the long-standing behavior) and still get the existing
CalendarClockicon hint.Testing
npm run lint,npm run dev, and the unit test suite (vitest) all pass.Fixes #3187