![]() ![]() Unlike other iterations, I specifically designed this widget in these colours, or responding to light/dark mode. Like the Charty widget above it, this grabs available actions that are either due, flagged, or forecast-tagged, but then colours the checkbox indicator for each accordingly to match the Charty colour scheme.Įach action in the widget links to its OmniFocus task, and if there are more tasks that can be shown, the "and x more" line links to a particular perspective. This was very much based on my previous WidgetPack widget work for OmniFocus, but is optimized for number of actions, and I think the design is nicer, too. I tried doing it each time OmniFocus is closed, but I trigger many Shortcuts from OmniFocus tasks (as URL schemes), and found that exiting OF to run one Shortcut but automation trying to run another produced less desirable effects. To keep the chart current, one might want an automation set to run the Shortcut on particular intervals or events. The Shortcut does require a particular colour scheme, and I've linked to it below. I think I'd like to see a closed ring for 0/0 done, but we'll see how this develops. For example, if you have zero flagged tasks, it substitues 100 for the denominator and reports 0/100 complete. One gotcha, though, is that this is a beta, and so doesn't handle zero values elegantly yet. This is a great visual of my day and its state. This is the crown jewel of the design, and creates three rings with Charty to show progress based on tasks in OmniFocus: ![]() I use a Toolbox Pro action here to return home at the end of the flow (this is true for each of these Shortcuts, actually), just so that if I run it, I end up back at it, but this is optional (though you should still support Toolbox Pro for many reasons). To make sure it's current, the Shortcut has an automation to run every day at 00:00, which I highly recommend. Refresh the OmniFocus Get To It widget below.Obviously, this WidgetPack widget shares the day and date, which I had originally pegged WidgetSmith to do, but I wanted to add functions, which is what those four circles are: A white Home Screen, even with the intent to feel app-like just felt like too much. As such, I employed a black wallpaper and designed the widgets as white on black. I'll also note that my intent, like I said, was for this screen to feel like an app. Charty ( requiring the TestFlight beta of 1.4).This was pretty purpose built for me, so substitutions and edits of what I share here may/will be needed. Hopefully, this can help you either customize a similar experience, or just plain implement what I've made. To break it all down, the rest of this post will go widget by widget, sharing just how each is built and what all each does, and giving you the tools to do this, too. I'm really happy with the result, both in form and in function. Saddened that I couldn't have a calendar widget that suited my needs and aesthetic, I started imagining a second screen that would show upcoming events, as well as counts of and access to more things. That led me to adding buttons to the header widget, and then more buttons to run the Shortcuts to refresh the data of these widgets. I figured if I can visualize and list my actions, what else could I do? I needed ways to not just see things, but an interface to do things. That screen looks like part of an app." So I opened up WidgetPack and worked more on creating a header widget to lead my screen with, and a revamped widget with OmniFocus actions. I've written in the past about using Charty data to list counts of OmniFocus actions, but now I can count down.Īfter playing with the colours of Charty and placing it in the middle of my Home Screen, I thought, "Huh. With the ability to make ring charts, I pictured Charty as my path to gamifying action. ![]() I had settled in to my routines and was living my best widget life.Īnd then Charty's new beta hit. Home Screen fever calmed down a bit as iOS 14 wove its way in to my every day. Update: The links for the Get To It and Dashboard widgets have been updated with fixes (addressed an error if no matching OF tasks in Get To It and changed iconography alignment for calendar events in Dashboard). Day Automation Bookshelf Archive My Reimagined Productivity Home Screen Nov 18, 2020 ![]()
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