Should the widget show upcoming tasks, not just today's?

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Current behavior

The widget currently shows today's task list only, with five selectable modes: Focus, Inbox, Next Actions, Waiting For, and Someday/Maybe. There is no view of tasks coming up in the next few days.

A concrete case that surfaced this

I created a task in the app's calendar with a start date of tomorrow. Its status is Next. In the app, this task is visible under Focus → Upcoming. However, it does not appear in any of the widget's five modes.

This appears to be by design rather than a bug: a task with a future start date is treated as "not yet available", and the widget's mode lists seem to answer only "what can I act on now". But from a user's perspective, this is a confusing inconsistency — the app shows me what's coming, the widget doesn't. It also makes the widget feel less trustworthy as a at-a-glance surface.

Why this matters more broadly

A today-only list answers "what do I do now", but it gives no sense of time context. Some decisions depend on knowing what the next few days look like — e.g., if tomorrow is packed, a 2-hour task might need to happen today instead.

It also helps with the "today list is overwhelming" problem: seeing that there's room tomorrow makes it easier to defer without guilt, rather than feeling stuck with a wall of tasks.

A rough proposal

• Keep today's list as the primary view.
• Add a collapsed secondary section below it, e.g. "Upcoming (next 3 days) · N items," expandable on tap.
• Only include tasks with an explicit due/scheduled/start date — not every project todo, so it doesn't become a second inbox.
• Group by date, showing at most 2–3 items per group when expanded.
• Make the time window configurable (3 / 7 days / this week), defaulting to 3 days.
• Clear visual hierarchy: today solid/high-contrast, upcoming muted/secondary.
• Tapping an upcoming task should open the task detail or its project — not mark it complete, to avoid accidental completion of future tasks.

Open questions

• Is a configurable time window worth the complexity, or should it be fixed at 3 days?
• Should the upcoming section respect the existing five modes (e.g., only show upcoming Next Actions when in Next Actions mode), or be a mode-independent section?
• Should this eventually integrate with a read-only calendar widget, or stay separate?

I'd be happy to hear whether this fits the project's direction, and whether there's a preferred way to scope it before turning it into an issue.

[dongdongbh]

Add a fix 55c8fba.

I’ve added Upcoming as a separate Tasks widget list on Android and iOS 17+, using the same seven-day preview and filters as Focus → Upcoming. The default Focus widget stays unchanged; you can place an Upcoming widget beside it to see both.

Upcoming rows show when a task starts or returns and open the task without a completion ring. I’ve kept the window fixed and left a broader calendar/agenda view outside this change.

Widgets still use cached snapshots: the OS controls refresh timing, and you’ll need to open Mindwtr to pick up newly synced tasks or tasks newly entering the seven-day window. Please try Upcoming in the next release, especially task taps and the change of day, and let us know how it works for you.