# View and edit a task

> Open a task to change its title, description, status, priority, dates, project, repeat, reminder and checklist, from the side panel or the full edit sheet.

Source: https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/task-details/
Last updated: 2026-11-05

A task has a title, a description and a set of optional fields. You can change them in two places: a side panel for quick edits, and the full edit sheet for everything.

## Open a task

- Click its title. On a wide window, **All tasks** and **My tasks** open the side panel beside the list. Everywhere else, and on a phone, the full sheet opens.
- Press <kbd>↵</kbd> on a row to open it, or <kbd>E</kbd> to go straight to the full sheet. **Edit** in the panel and **Edit task** in a row's menu open it too.
- Open a task link. **Copy link** in a task's menu gives you one.

Close the panel with its **×** or <kbd>Esc</kbd>. On a phone, swipe down on the sheet's handle to close it.

## The side panel

The panel saves each change as you make it.

- **Title.** Click it to rename. <kbd>Enter</kbd> or leaving the field saves, and <kbd>Esc</kbd> cancels.
- **Description.** Saves after a short pause or when you leave the field.
- **Status, Priority, Project and Due date.** Pick a value from each menu. A due date can carry a time.
- **Repeat** and **Reminder**. See [Recurring tasks](https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/recurring-tasks/) and [Reminders](https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/reminders/).
- **Assignee**, shown as read-only text. To assign a project member, use the full sheet or a board card.
- **Matrix**, read-only: the quadrant the task falls in, worked out from its priority and due date. See [The Eisenhower matrix](https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/eisenhower-matrix/).
- **Checklist** and, in a shared project, **comments**.
- **Activity**: when the task was created and last updated.

The footer has **Duplicate** and **Delete**. See [Undo and delete](https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/undo-and-delete/).

## The full edit sheet

The sheet shows the fields that matter first and keeps the rest behind the **+** button, like the new task sheet. Choose **Save task** to save, or **Cancel** to leave. If you close it with unsaved changes, the first <kbd>Esc</kbd> warns you and a second one within three seconds closes it. <kbd>Cmd</kbd> <kbd>↵</kbd> or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>↵</kbd> saves.

| Field | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Title and description | The text of the task. |
| **Status** | Where the task stands. The sheet calls the usual one **Todo**, and the lists call it **Up next**. See [Statuses and the Inbox](https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/statuses-and-inbox/). |
| **Priority** | P1 to P4. See [Priorities](https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/priorities/). |
| **Due date** | A day, with an optional time. See [Due dates and times](https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/due-dates-and-times/). |
| **Reminder** and **Repeat** | A notification and a repeat rule. |
| **Duration** | The estimated time in minutes, from 1 to 10,000. Automatic time blocking uses it to size blocks. See [Time blocking](https://priortasks.com/docs/planning/time-blocking/). |
| **Checklist** | Up to 100 steps. See [Checklists](https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/checklists/). |
| **Project** | The project the task belongs to. A task is in at most one. |
| **Area** | Shown for a task outside a project. A task in a project follows the project's area. |
| **Assignee** | In a shared project, the member responsible. See [Assign tasks](https://priortasks.com/docs/collaboration/assign-tasks/). |
| **Responsible** | Outside a shared project, the name of the person you wait on. A task with a name here shows on the Waiting page. |
| **Follow up** | A date to check back, used with the **Waiting** status. |
| **Story points** | The size of a task in a Scrum or Scrumban project, which replaces the priority there. See [Story points](https://priortasks.com/docs/agile/story-points/). |
| **Sub-tasks and dependencies** | Parent task, blockers and milestone, for tasks in a project. See [Sub-tasks and dependencies](https://priortasks.com/docs/tasks/sub-tasks-and-dependencies/). |

A field appears once it holds a value, so a task shows what it has.

## Good to know

- Moving a task to another project clears its assignee, parent, milestone and blockers, because they only make sense inside one project.
- In a shared project, a viewer can read the task and its comments but cannot edit the task or write a comment.
- Comments and @mentions live under the task in shared projects. See [Comments and mentions](https://priortasks.com/docs/collaboration/comments-and-mentions/).
- If you edit the same task on two devices before they sync, the last change to reach the server is kept. See [Offline use and sync](https://priortasks.com/docs/getting-started/offline-and-sync/).