Quick Add

The blue floating action button at the bottom-right of the Tasks screen is your primary capture surface. Tap for the full Task Editor. Long-press for Quick Add when you only need to capture a task title and move on.

Opening Quick Add

• Long-press the floating action button.
• The keyboard pops up with a single-line input pre-focused.
• Type a title and tap Add Task or press the keyboard action.
• The task is captured and Quick Add stays open for the next one.

Where Tasks Land

By default, Quick Add follows the same new-task destination rules as the rest of the app. To always send Quick Add tasks to your default collection list, open Settings > Default Collection List and turn on Always use in Quick Add.

You can also tap the colored list name inside Quick Add before saving to choose a different destination for that task.

Date Shortcuts

Quick Add includes four date shortcuts along the bottom:

• Today
• Tomorrow
• The day after tomorrow
• None

Tap a shortcut before saving if the task already belongs on a date. If you need tags, priorities, notes, actions, attachments, or alerts, open the full Task Editor instead.

Capture from Outside the App

Quick Add is not the only way to capture a task on Android:

• Share sheet — share text, URLs, or images from another app to 2Do. URLs can become task actions, and long shared text is kept in the task notes.
• Selected text — use Android's text-selection actions where available to send selected text into 2Do.
• Create note requests — compatible Android note-capture flows can send text to 2Do as a new task.
• Launcher shortcut — long-press the 2Do app icon and choose New Task. The same launcher menu can also open Today, Starred, or Search.
• Quick Settings tile — add the 2Do Quick Add tile to Android's Quick Settings panel for fast capture from the notification shade.

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The Quick Settings tile is different from 2Do's home-screen widgets. Home-screen widgets show task lists and counters; the Quick Settings tile opens Quick Add.

See Android Integrations for the full list of Android capture and system integration options.

Sticky Alert

2Do can also show today's tasks in the Android notification drawer through Sticky Alert. This is useful when you want your current day to stay visible without opening the app.

Enable it from Settings > Notifications > Sticky Alert. See Notifications and Alarms for the related lock-screen and notification settings.

Tips

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For brain-dumping during commutes or walks, hold the FAB once, then capture each thought as a separate task. Quick Add stays open between captures so you don't lose momentum.

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Add the 2Do Quick Add tile to Android's Quick Settings panel if you frequently capture tasks while another app is open.