feat: add setting to control task status on creation

Resolves #449

src/settings.ts

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export interface DayPlannerSettings {
   icals: Array<IcalConfig>;
   colorOverrides: Array<ColorOverride>;
   releaseNotes: boolean;
+  taskStatusOnCreation: string;
 }
 
 export const defaultSettings: DayPlannerSettings = {
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ export const defaultSettings: DayPlannerSettings = {
   icals: [],
   colorOverrides: [],
   releaseNotes: true,
+  taskStatusOnCreation: " ",
 };
 
 export const defaultSettingsForTests = {

src/ui/hooks/use-edit/create-edit-handlers.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { getDateFromPath } from "obsidian-daily-notes-interface";
 import { get, Readable, Writable } from "svelte/store";
 
 import { ObsidianFacade } from "../../../service/obsidian-facade";
+import { DayPlannerSettings } from "../../../settings";
 import { Task, UnscheduledTask } from "../../../types";
 import { createTask } from "../../../util/task-utils";
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ export interface UseEditHandlersProps {
   obsidianFacade: ObsidianFacade;
   cursorMinutes: Readable<number>;
   editOperation: Writable<EditOperation>;
+  settings: Readable<DayPlannerSettings>;
 }
 
 export function createEditHandlers({
@@ -23,9 +25,14 @@ export function createEditHandlers({
   startEdit,
   cursorMinutes,
   editOperation,
+  settings,
 }: UseEditHandlersProps) {
   function handleContainerMouseDown() {
-    const newTask = createTask(day, get(cursorMinutes));
+    const newTask = createTask(
+      day,
+      get(cursorMinutes),
+      get(settings).taskStatusOnCreation,
+    );
 
     startEdit({
       task: { ...newTask, isGhost: true },

src/ui/hooks/use-edit/use-edit-context.ts

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export function useEditContext({
       startEdit,
       cursorMinutes,
       editOperation,
+      settings,
     });
 
     return {

src/ui/settings-tab.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,27 @@ export class DayPlannerSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
           }),
       );
 
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Default task status on creation")
+      .setDesc(
+        "You can use custom statuses for more advanced workflows. E.g.: '- [>] Task'",
+      )
+      .addText((el) =>
+        el
+          .setPlaceholder("Empty")
+          .setValue(this.plugin.settings().taskStatusOnCreation)
+          .onChange((value: string) => {
+            this.settingsStore.update((previous) => {
+              const newValue = value.length > 0 ? value.substring(0, 1) : " ";
+
+              return {
+                ...previous,
+                taskStatusOnCreation: newValue,
+              };
+            });
+          }),
+      );
+
     new Setting(containerEl)
       .setName("Round time to minutes")
       .setDesc("While editing, tasks are going to get rounded to this number")

src/util/task-utils.ts

@@ -126,15 +126,19 @@ export function offsetYToMinutes(
   return (offsetY + hiddenHoursSize) / zoomLevel;
 }
 
-export function createTask(day: Moment, startMinutes: number): Task {
+export function createTask(
+  day: Moment,
+  startMinutes: number,
+  status: string,
+): Task {
   return {
     id: getId(),
     startMinutes,
     durationMinutes: defaultDurationMinutes,
     text: "New item",
     startTime: minutesToMomentOfDay(startMinutes, day),
     symbol: "-",
-    status: " ",
+    status,
     placing: {
       widthPercent: 100,
       xOffsetPercent: 0,