Mass modifications?

GanttProject Desktop Support
#1

Hi Community!

I’ve been happy with the application for years now but I’m still missing some features, so will write them down today :slightly_smiling_face::

  • Mass modifications for tasks, such as: Change color, Add resource or Start date; common selection methods for tasks selection (i.e. CTL-click)
  • Keep dialogs position & size: i.e. ‘Add task’ dialog is always centered while I’d like to have it on the right side as the existing tasks are listed on the left.
  • Keep columns layout: I too often have to change the columns size and would like my layout to be stored once for all in some config file. See attached pictures.

Thanks again for such a great work and hope my suggestions will go through!

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#2

I whole-heartedly support this request, especially the mass-modifications!
The reason is that I tend to add all my projects in one sheet, to be able to keep track of dependencies of resources. And I like to give each project a color of it’s own. But when I import, it gives a new project just the last used (default) color.

#3

Issue in the tracker

Issue in the tracker

Do you mean columns in the task properties dialog?

#4

What sort of import did you mean? Importing from .gan file preserves task colors.

#5

Thanks @DmitryBarashev for the feedback, I just hope the team will find some time to implement those features… :wink:

Regarding the last point, the answer is: yes, I’d like the tool to keep track of the width of the columns in the task properties dialog.

Congrats once again for providing such a great app!

#6

Hi Dmitry,

I the import came from a colleague of mine who was using ProjectLibre. He exported to MS format and I imported that file into my ganttproject. I did not try to set the color beforehand. I’ll try that next time…

I converted him to the far superior GanttProject program by the way…

Thanks for the efforts (and this answer).

Gerard

#7

That’s right, MS Project import/export won’t preserve task colors.
I created a new ticket in the tracker:

#8

Okay, I understand. All the more reason for a possibility to change colors for multiple lines at once. Please?