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Filter by context

Tasks Eye derives context labels from the first-level ancestor in an explicit up note tree and uses the toolbar filter to narrow Focus, board, and Done views.

The up tree describes the broad context of a note independently of its vault folder. Tasks Eye uses each note’s first-level ancestor in the tree as its context, so a note can move folders without changing the way work is grouped.

The unique root note is the global filter option. Selecting its basename shows every indexed note; selecting a first-level branch narrows the board to that branch and all of its descendants.

Filtering is intentionally non-destructive: it changes the current view, not the notes themselves.

  • A first-level note is its own context and deeper descendants inherit that context.
  • Notes can live in unrelated folders without changing their context.
  • The unique root basename is the global filter option.
  • Unknown persisted filters fall back to the root global option.
  • Changing the toolbar filter narrows visible rows without mutating notes.
Open board filtered to the Mission context
Filtered board