Creating a new topic¶
A topic is a space for something that needs your attention. It is created with a title and is immediately visible – there is no draft that you need to publish first.
How to get there¶
‘New Topic’ button in the navigation bar. Clicking it opens a topic with no type. If you press and hold – or click the arrow next to it – you’ll first select a Type.
Command Palette via Cmd+K: Create topic, then select the group.
It all depends on the bloke¶
The guy changes the question the form asks you and the tool that’s leading the way in the new topic:
| Type | The question in the title field | The button |
|---|---|---|
| New topic | What is the topic? | Start a new topic |
| Idea | What is the idea? | Start a thread |
| Problem | What is the problem? | Start a thread |
| Question | What would you like to know? | Ask a question |
| Quick decision | What needs to be decided? | Create a decision |
| Concept work | What are you sketching out? | Create a sketch |
With the Quick decision, the decision is included directly in the form – you set it up whilst creating the topic. You can still change the type within the form, and it doesn’t restrict anything later on: in principle, every topic can do anything.
Other things you might want to pack¶
Everything else consists of tabs below the title bar. None of them are compulsory, and none are hidden behind an expanded view:
- Priority – none, low, medium, high or urgent
- Deadline – by when the matter should be resolved
- Groups – who is involved; multiple groups are possible
- Links – connection to another topic
- Tags – keywords
- Attachments – files that are already associated with this
There is no description field. You can write whatever you want to say in the thread or in a document as soon as the topic is open – both are just a click away.
!!! Tip: "Multiple topics in a row" The Next topic button keeps the form open after you’ve submitted it. This is useful if you’re working through a list of items that have accumulated during a meeting.
And then what?¶
The topic is open and visible to all members of the groups involved. Anyone who contributes there can post, make proposals, assign tasks and initiate decisions.
It is not closed by a decision, but by someone marking it as resolved – see Topics and Status.