Your to-do list

What it is

Not everything you need to remember is a Task. Plenty of it is real work, “phone the supplier back, review that PR, write up the change”, it just doesn’t need an assignee, a deadline, or a paper trail. Your to-do list is where that goes: a plain checklist, one line each, tick it off when it’s done.

Where: add the To-do widget to your dashboard (hit the edit button, then Add widget), and use the Open list link on it for the full-page view.
Who: everyone. Managers, supervisors, and employees can all use one.
Turning it on: it’s an optional dashboard widget, not a module. Add it when you want it, move it wherever you like, remove it any time.

Note

Your to-do list is completely private. Nobody else can see it, not your manager, not your team, nobody. Items are never shared, never assigned to anyone, and never show up in anyone else’s view.

How to use it

Add: type in the box and press Enter (or click Add). The box clears itself so you can rattle off a few in a row.
Check off: click the circle to the left of an item. Done items drop to the bottom with a line through them.
Remove: hover an item and click the ✕ on the right.
Tidy up: Clear done wipes the finished items in one go.

That’s the whole thing, on purpose. There are no due dates, no reminders, no reference numbers.

To-do or Tasks?

They look similar but they’re for different jobs:

	To-do	Tasks
For	Quick things, just for you	Work you assign or track over time
Who sees it	Only you	The assignee, assigner, and managers
Carries	A title and a checkbox	Assignee, due date, check-in notes, a reference number
Lasts	Until you clear it	A permanent record

Rule of thumb: if it’s just for you and you’ll deal with it soon, it’s a to-do. If someone needs to own it, it has a deadline, or you’ll want a record of how it went, make it a Task.