# Sort tasks with the Eisenhower matrix

> The Priority lens sorts open tasks into Do now, Schedule, Delegate and Later from their priority and due date. See how tasks land there and how to move them.

Source: https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/eisenhower-matrix/
Last updated: 2026-11-05

The Eisenhower matrix sorts work by two questions: how important is it, and how urgent? In Prior it is the **Priority lens**, a space that shows your open tasks in four boxes. Its page title is **Priorities**.

## How a task lands in a quadrant

You never flag a task as important or urgent. Prior works both out:

- **Important** means priority P1 or P2.
- **Urgent** means a due date that is overdue, today or within the next two days.

| Quadrant | Important | Urgent | A task like |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Do now** | Yes | Yes | A P1 due tomorrow |
| **Schedule** | Yes | No | A P2 with no date, or due next week |
| **Delegate** | No | Yes | A P3 due today |
| **Later** | No | No | A P4 with no date |

Change the priority or the date and the task moves. It also moves by itself as days pass: a P2 task due in five days sits in **Schedule** now and reaches **Do now** three days later. Older versions of Prior had importance and urgency switches on each task. They are gone, and nothing reads them.

## Use the page

- The page shows open tasks. Choose **All** at the top right to include completed ones. Search, **Filters** and **Sort** work as on All tasks. See [Task views](https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/task-views/).
- **Add** at the bottom of a quadrant creates a task already set up for it: P2 for the important ones, and today's date for the urgent ones.
- **Drag a task** to another quadrant, or open its menu and choose **Move to quadrant**.
- Every quadrant has the usual row actions, and the list keys work. See [Task actions](https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/task-actions/).

On a narrow window and on phones, the four quadrants stack in order of priority.

## What a move changes

Prior changes only what the rule needs, then tells you in a toast with **Undo**.

- **Into an important quadrant**, a task that was not important becomes P2. **Out of one**, an important task becomes P3. A task that stays important keeps its priority, so a P1 stays P1.
- **Into an urgent quadrant**, the due date becomes today. **Out of one**, it moves to three days from now, right after the urgent window.

A task that is already in the quadrant you pick shows "Already in this quadrant".

## Good to know

- The Priority lens is an optional space. Add it in **Settings → General → Navigation**, or from [Discover](https://priortasks.com/docs/getting-started/discover/).
- In Game mode, tasks that count as important earn more XP when you complete them.
- Waiting tasks appear in the matrix like any other task.
- Habits keep their own settings and are not in the matrix.
- For the method itself and how to use it well, read the guide [The Eisenhower matrix](https://priortasks.com/guides/eisenhower-matrix/).