Feature Requests

Problem: Custom fields can become messy when you have different types of work (tasks) within the same lists. For example, having a bug, feature, and an epic task all in the same list would cause them all to have the same custom fields, even though I would want specific ones for each type. Other issues arise when fields that should only belong to the top-level task spread down to all its subtasks. Ask: Custom fields should have the option to be added to a custom task type itself. Whenever I create a new task of that type, it will come along with all its custom fields. Those fields will not spread to any task that is not of that type.

Problem: Often within a single list, we have different types of tasks: some represent projects, designs, and smaller action items. Each one should go through their own set of statuses, but this is currently not possible. We are forced to either use dropdown custom fields as a workaround or create large status sets to try and encompass everything, leading to confusion among people. Ask: Give the ability for statuses to be set by type. This will allow each task type to have its own status workflow.

When a Task is linked, or a Custom Relationship is added, the Task name should be visible.

Unsure if just me, but I have options as Labels that are for deprecated items. The older tasks still need that value on them, but that value is now defunct for any new task. Could there be option to deprecate a label from the Options list so unavailable. In my example I only have option to Delete "Sophos Connect", which then shows it will : "Remove this option from 4 tasks", which is not optimal.

When loading a task, multiple elements shift after upwards of 3-5 seconds after the rest of the information has loaded. This leads to incorrect elements being clicked on and mistakes being made. What should be happening is if something needs time to load, space should be left for that element or all in that section should not load before it. This is most noticeable when adding a task to another list. When you click Add to List, after 2+ seconds, there is an extra overlay window in the box loading three recent lists you have interacted with. That itself is a nice feature, but when it loads right as you're trying to click another list, it results in the wrong list being added. The other area most noticeable CLS to my team's workflow is the list of space integrations on the right hand side. It is understandable that it is thinking on what elements to present there when opening tasks, but they should have loading icons and be grayed out until the whole section is ready to load. Then when it is ready to be used, they are all loaded without jumping around.

My use of task descriptions is as an ADHD aid to avoid having to go to various different documents/spreadsheets/etc when using ClickUp to walk through tasks with many steps - this helps to make sure steps aren't missed if interruptions happen and also to keep me from being distracted from completing the task at hand. The following updates to the functionality of task descriptions would be wildly helpful in this! Side bar view option • On the left where the subtasks side bar displays, allow multiple resizable "panels" to view description along side task (similar to the behavior of the sidebar in a list calendar view with the tasks section and below it a collapsible section for "your calendars") with a panel that displays the task description (goal is to have the description accessible when walking through steps of a checklist or a list of subtasks without having to scroll) Find/replace in description • My use case: A project templates for a semi-annual wine club shipment and pickup event with upwards of 80 subtasks and sub-subtasks to break down complex multistep processes. The description of sub-tasks for steps that require manual data entry elsewhere have text templates that can be C&P'd. These text templates contain dates that are repeated in multiple lines in different formats that need to be C&P'd separately multiple times (ie: order grouping tags, order grouping titles, order comments for each batch, etc). Each format variation currently is highlighted with a different badge color: "Month, 20YY" are highlighted with a yellow badge, "20YY-MM" has an orange badge, "MM/DD" has a green badge, "DAY (MONTH DD, 20YY)" has a pink badge. The month and year obviously only need to be updated once per project instance while most of the DD will need to be updated a few times a week. Within the template task description "20YY" alone repeats 29 times and each needs to be updated manually when a new project is created. Keeping the badge highlights are helpful for a few different reasons and there are other different formatting settings that I don't want to overwrite as the visual cues are very helpful so simply C&Ping the description into a plaintext tool to Find & Replace and then paste back doesn't work. Table improvements • Use case example: task templates where the task description contains a block of HTML code that needs to be updated and then pasted into a field for an online platform. The layout is a list of 12 items with this format "<b>Bold Text: </b>Text that needs to be updated <br />" (where each "Bold Text" is different) - in an attempt to make it quicker and easier, I created a table with 3 columns with all cells in the 1st column containing "<b>Bold Text: </b> " the 2nd column is for the value to be updated, and the third column contains "<br />" with the expectation that I could C&P the list of updated values w/out hunt/pecking to update each value before C&Ping the table into the plaintext field (which removes the table formatting). A column cannot be selected to copy or to paste as a column currently. Insert synced description from another task/subtask/parent task • Using the forward slash, allow to insert a block that contains a synced description from another task, subtask, or parent task - in an outlined block separate from the rest of that task's description. Any time that block is updated anywhere it shows the updated block everywhere it's been placed. Bonus to designate specific line or block of a description rather than the entire description. Tasks/subtasks/sub subtasks could have blocks that would repeat across all linked tasks or sub/sub sub tasks (toggle to expand/collapse) as well as sections unique to only that task. The forward slash insert menu include insertion of "data chips" such as date or other items (especially useful when using templates). • ie: Date (with different date formatting options such as DD/MM/YYYY; Day, Month DD, YYYY; MM/YY; Month YYYY as well as the option to have each instance of the data chip auto-update any time the task is opened or to update once when a template is applied and then remain static) would be a huge timesaver! • In templates specifically, allow for insertion of data chips within a task description that are essentially form fields to be updated upon creation from a template - allow user to tab through each of those fields to update them quickly. Allow the user to designate certain fields within that description as copies of other fields within that same task description. ie: a text block to be pasted into a text box in another platform. ⁃ Update that | FIELD_1 | for | FIELD_2 | is going to happen. You will receive an email notification regarding | FIELD_1 | from this platform on | FIELD_3 |. If you do not see that email by | FIELD_4 | then be sure to log into your account to verify you have enabled | FIELD_2 |. Add option to "lock" a line or block within a description to prevent any updates of that line or block

It would be great if in the Task View we could have the ability to customize (globally) the columns that we see next to each task. By default it is Assignees, Priority, and Due Date, with an option to manually add in columns, but that doesn't translate globally. I think a separate global setting for this would be a great addition as a lot of us are looking at start date and due date, not just due date.

At the moment, task types are Workspace-wide. However, different teams have different needs as far as task types, which is why Space-level or private options would be optimal. For example, an HR team wouldn't rely on the same task types as an IT team. Each department may have sensitive information in their workflows (represented by a task type) that they don't want other teams to have visibility on.

In Clickup 3.0 we can set "Default Task Type" in a list (Which is awesome). But it doesn't let you set default "subtask" types. e.g. - I want to make a "Person" task type for the default in my List, but I want each Sub-Task of those "People" to be an actual regular Task. (This will help me utilize CRM style functions, while letting those subtasks show up in my everything view as actionable tasks, without showing the CRM lead name, since those aren't actionable tasks...)

Hey! How do I plan the same task on more different days - e.g. 3h today and 2h tomorrow, BUT with specified "from-to" hours for each day, not just draging it accross 2 days. I'd like to be able to work on the same task a few hours every day, however don't want to use the recurring trigger as the task doesn't show up in the calendar until the trigger is activated. Currently I duplicate the same task and schedule it on different days. Thanks for any suggestions!