2.0.0 - Improved date searches, new created field, public API to Edit task modal

⚠️ Version 2.0.0: See notes below to review selected Date Searches

Major improvements to date searches have changed results of some previously misleading searches. Details below.

🌟 Most Notable

Please restart Obsidian after updating the plugin. Thank you.

• 🌟 New Roadmap board - currently showing what is work-in-progress.
• 🌟 New Contributing Site - helping developers contribute to the Tasks project.
• 🌟 Added searching of date ranges - thanks @ilandikov
  • Absolute and relative date ranges, for example:
  • done (before, after, in) YYYY-MM-DD YYYY-MM-DD
  • done (before, after, in) (last, this, next) (week, month, quarter, year)
  • Docs
  • ⚠️ Important: some date search results now give different, improved results
    • Review the comprehensive list of changes in date search results to decide if you need to update any of your existing tasks searches.
• 🌟 Added new optional created field added - thanks @vanadium23
  • - [ ] take out the trash ➕ 2021-04-09
  • Enable it in settings
  • then it's added automatically by:
    • ‘Create or edit Task’ Modal, when it creates a brand new task
    • and when you complete a recurring task
  • It already supports filtering, sorting and grouping
  • Docs - for the field
  • Docs - for searching
• 🌟 Added new tag filters - thanks @ilandikov
  • has tags
  • no tags
  • Docs
• 🌟 Added new public API to retrieve markdown string for a new task via the 'Add or edit task' modal - thanks @3bit
  • Authors of other plugins can now use the Tasks modal to prompt users for data for a new task
  • Feedback appreciated on this feature!
  • Docs show how to use this from the QuickAdd plugin to automatically add tasks to a specific file.
• 💪 Fixed some bugs which caused toggling of tasks in Reading view to sometimes write the updated task on the wrong line - thanks @BluBloos for getting this started
• 💪 Fixed rendering of Tasks query blocks in Obsidian Canvas - thanks @ilandikov (and to @gypsyav for reporting the problem)
• 💪 Fixed 'short mode' tooltip hiding task data - thanks @HynDuf

Full List

🌟 Features

• feat: Teach DateParser to read date ranges by @claremacrae in #1683
• feat: Add visual debugging aids for Tasks developers by @claremacrae in #1695
• feat: Show notice if there's a problem toggling task by @claremacrae in #1697
• feat: add created date to task by @vanadium23 in #1723
• feat: Add searches on date ranges by @ilandikov in #1734
• feat: Add filter, group and sorting for created date by @vanadium23 in #1744
• feat: Add created date to EditTask modal by @vanadium23 in #1745
• feat: Add public API to retrieve markdown string for a new task via the Task UI by @3bit in #1736
• feat: Add filters for tag presence and absence by @ilandikov in #1749
• feat: ‘Create or edit Task’ Modal usability improvements by @3bit in #1762

💪 Fixes

• fix: Prevent rare overwrite of wrong line in Reading mode & results blocks by @BluBloos in #1663
• fix: Prevent reading stale file data when replacing task by @BluBloos in #1672
• fix: Simplify cursor repositioning during the 'ToggleDone' command by @kedestin in #1712
• fix: render Tasks in canvas by @ilandikov in #1733
• fix: Tooltip pop up above the description of task in short mode by @HynDuf in #1735
• fix: Prevent exception if toggling in unsaved file in Reading mode by @claremacrae in #1772
• fix: Major improvements to toggling tasks in Reading view by @claremacrae in #1780

📖 Documentation

• docs: Finalise docs for 'created date' by @claremacrae in #1750
• docs: Add more info to API docs by @claremacrae in #1752
• docs: Fix a broken link I created in #1752 by @claremacrae in #1753
• docs: Adopt 'absolute' & 'relative' dates instead of 'formal & natural language' by @claremacrae in #1754
• docs: add date range examples by @ilandikov in #1755
• docs: Update description field docs for #1762 improvements by @claremacrae in #1781
• docs: Add appendix showing date filter changes by @claremacrae in #1784
• docs: Bump the next version to 2.0.0 by @claremacrae in #1785
• docs: Bump the next version to 2.0.0 in more docs files by @claremacrae in #1787
• vault: Update plugins: Tasks, dataview and Style Settings by @claremacrae in #1678
• vault: Enable detailed manual testing of toggling by @claremacrae in #1702

🛠️ Behind the scenes

• chore: Configure jest to work with Svelte components. by @3bit in #1757
• chore: Introduce 'contrib' Conventional Commit prefix for contributing docs by @claremacrae in #1775
• contrib: update CONTRIBUTING.md for improved codebase navigation by @BluBloos in #1654
• contrib: Migrate CONTRIBUTING & related to Obsidian Publish by @claremacrae in #1709
• contrib: Update all references to CONTRIBUTING.md by @claremacrae in #1710
• contrib: contributing: add 'Useful links', rename FAQs & more by @claremacrae in #1714
• contrib: Add several new pages on starting writing tests by @claremacrae in #1725
• contrib: Status change docs more readable and include modal by @claremacrae in #1776
• refactor: DateField, HappensDateField and approval tests on DueDateField by @ilandikov in #1665
• refactor: Refactor filtering in DateField and HappensDateField classes by @ilandikov in #1670
• refactor: regexp code in DateField and inherited classes by @ilandikov in #1671
• refactor: Add TaskLocation to encapsulate position data by @claremacrae in #1698
• refactor: Store task line numbers by @claremacrae in #1700
• refactor: Make Task reading and writing more modular by @kedestin in #1728
• refactor: More logical order of default settings values by @claremacrae in #1782
• test: Enable CustomMatchersForFilters without imports by @claremacrae in #1676
• test: Fix assertions in Task tests & fix tests; thanks SonarLint by @claremacrae in #1724
• test: Create mock tests for File.replaceTaskWithTasks() by @claremacrae in #1771

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New Contributors

• @kedestin made their first contribution in #1712
• @vanadium23 made their first contribution in #1723
• @HynDuf made their first contribution in #1735
• @3bit made their first contribution in #1736

Full Changelog: 1.25.0...2.0.0