Monday
09Nov2009
The OmniFocus "Switch" Button
Monday, November 9, 2009 at 10:26PM 
I've received several e-mails and comments concerning my discussion of the "Switch" button in OmniFocus during the task management episode of the Mac Power Users.
This button is among those available in the "Customize Toolbar" menu.
Simply drag it on your toolbar and you are set. Here is my OmniFocus toolbar.
The "Switch" button becomes useful when working through your list. I work most of the day in the context view. So, if I'm working through the phone context and perform a task like, "Call Rumpole regarding trial" and decide I need to add a task to that project after the call, I do not need to go digging through the project list for it. I simply press "Switch." Then, using some strange dark magic, OmniFocus drops me right into that specific project for me to fiddle with to my heart's content. When done, I simply press the "Context" button again and get back on my merry way.
Reader Comments (7)
I thought the "switch" button switched the user to Things.
@ Landya :P
Brilliant! I was not aware of this until you mentioned it in the podcast.
I was in my car at the time, and made a mental note to look into it, which I forgot within a few seconds. Thanks for reading my fleeting thoughts and posting this.
@landya very witty comment. But great tip, this has already saved some keystrokes and mouse clicks. Thanks!
Oooh. Adding that to my toolbar now. Good post!
What a useful button! It's a wonder Omni never thought to include it in the default toolbar.
Thanks for this tip. I wasn't aware of this button, looks useful.
Although, I must admit, since most of the time I'm working with two monitors (my MBP with large external monitor), I found that keeping two OF windows open, one in Project mode and one in Context mode works better for me.