Ease
settings › "ease" — "sizes · motion · contrast · button labels · turning the phone" — makes Tasks easier to see and touch. Everything here starts off, with sizes at 100%.
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| row | what it does | range or choices |
|---|---|---|
| "label size" | bigger names in the bloom, on top of the sizes on the text page | 70–250% |
| "touch size" | a bigger area to tap each node. Nodes look the same size; the space around them that catches your finger grows | 100–250% |
| "reduce motion" | calmer animation. The comet trail, the bursts and the sparks are not drawn, and the node under your finger stops pulsing | on · off |
| "remove glows" | flat, crisp shapes, without the halo, whatever "node glow" says | on · off |
| "high contrast" | white on black. The bloom's lines, rings, names and the stars inside a node are pure white; the background goes black and a picture is hidden | on · off |
| "magnifier" | the node under your finger is drawn about twice its size, and its label moves out to clear it | on · off |
| "latched back" | back and open without holding — see below | on · off |
| "dwell to complete" | rest on a star to complete it — see below | on · off |
| "dwell time" | how long you rest. Shows only while "dwell to complete" is on. 900 ms to start | 400–3000 ms |
| "button labels" | a word beside each corner button. Tapping the word does what the button does | on · off |
| "turning the phone" | "rotate" follows the phone; "portrait" and "landscape" hold the screen that way. Starts on "rotate" | three |
"latched back"
The bloom stays open after you lift, in either mode, so you don't have to keep a finger down. Two buttons sit at the bottom centre while a bloom is open: ‹ (back) and ◉ (open).
- Touch a star to choose it. Lifting does nothing else. Touching a dock button presses it at once.
- ◉ acts on the chosen star. A node opens its ring. A star with a card opens the card and the bloom closes. A star with nothing inside goes out in a burst and is marked done — or reopens if it was done — and the bloom closes. ◉ stays dim until a star is chosen.
- ‹ closes the top ring. At the first ring it closes the bloom.
Resting on a node still opens it, and sliding back to the centre below still folds a ring shut. In "hold & drag" you still hold to open the bloom.
"dwell to complete"
Rest on a star and it completes, without lifting or tapping.
- While a bloom is open, keep still on a star with nothing inside. A thin arc fills around it. Slide off and the clock stops.
- When the arc is full, the star goes out in a burst and is marked done.
A done star reopens. A star with a card opens its card instead. A node doesn't count down — resting on it opens it instead. It works in full bloom too.
Completing shows an "undo" pill, cancels the task's reminder and runs any talisman waiting for it. In "hold & drag" the bloom then closes; in "tap & place", or with "latched back" on, it stays open.
"↺ back to standard"
Shows only once something on the page has moved: "puts every setting on this page back where it started. nothing else is touched — not your tasks." It says "back to standard". There's no undo, but each setting can be set again.
See also.
Touch · Text — font & sizes · Hold & drag · Tap & place