Getting Started

Listmaker is designed to be easy to use, but there are a few things that you may want to do before getting started with the app:

Create an Account with Toodledo

If you want to synchronize your tasks to Toodledo, you'll need to create a Toodledo account. There's no charge for an account, and it allows you to view, modify, and share your tasks online. Note that you'll want to use a Toodledo account that is dedicated just to storing your lists, and not the same one that you use for tracking tasks, whether or not you use Action Lists. For more information on using Toodledo, see their help pages.

Configure Listmaker

Use these instructions to help you find the settings (hint: exit Listmaker and look in the Settings app), and configure Listmaker to your liking. Listmaker is already set to reasonable defaults, but some features (like Toodledo synchronization) cannot be used until they are configured.

Toodledo Synchronization

If you plan to synchronize your lists with Toodledo, it will be useful to understand how objects in Listmaker map to objects in Toodledo.

List Items

List items in Listmaker are synchronized to Toodledo as task objects. Each row in the table below matches a task property in Listmaker with the cooresponding task property in Toodledo.

Listmaker Toodledo Notes
list item title task name
list folder
due date due date
notes note

Lists and Sub-Lists

Lists and sub-lists in Listmaker are synchronized to Toodledo as folders. Because Toodledo does not support subfolders or a hierarchy of folders, information about sub-list hierarchies is lost on the Toodledo side of the synchronization. That information is stored locally in the Listmaker database. In Toodledo, all lists and sub-lists will appear as folders in the same level. Likewise, any folder created in Toodledo will be synchronized to Listmaker as a top level list.

Settings

All options for Listmaker are available through the Settings App. To access the settings, do the following:

  1. Start at the iPhone home screen by pressing the home button on your iPhone. (The round button with a square on it towards the bottom of the phone.
  2. Tap the Settings icon (the gray one with gears on it), to open the Settings app.
  3. In the Settings app, scroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll find the table grouping that contains settings for individual apps.
  4. Tap on the Listmaker icon to open the settings for Listmaker.

Toodledo

The options listed under the Toodledo heading control the synchronization of your tasks with Toodledo. (Creating an account with Toodledo is free.) Through Toodledo, the lists that you enter into Listmaker can be viewed, modified, checked off and shared with others. And if you prefer to enter your lists using a full keyboard and your computer, lists entered into Toodledo can be synchronized back to Listmaker.

Synchronization
Controls whether Listmaker attempts to synchronize data to Toodledo. Default: OFF
Email Login
The email login for your Toodledo account. No default.
Password
The password for your Toodledo account. No default.

General

The options listed under the General heading control basic functions of Listmaker.

Allow Landscape Mode
Controls whether Listmaker will go to landscape mode when the iPhone or iPod Touch is rotated to the landscape orientation. If this option is ON, Listmaker will rotate when the iPhone or iPod Touch detects that it has been rotated. This gives more room for long titles and makes a larger landscape mode keyboard available, which can be helpful for those with larger fingers. If this option is OFF, Listmaker will be locked into portrait mode, making it easier to use one-handed. Default: ON
Due Soon
Controls which list items to count as "due soon". List items that are due soon have their due date displayed in orange, and any list that contains a list item that is due soon has its badge displayed in orange. Default: "Due in 2 days"
Default Sorting
Controls how new lists are initially sorted. Lists can be sorted alphabetically, by due date, or manually. If you would later like to change the sorting option for a list, you can do so while viewing that list. Default: "Manual"

Completed Tasks

The options listed under the Completed Tasks heading control how Listmaker handles list items that have been completed (or checked off).

Show
Controls which completed list items should be displayed in lists. Setting this option to "None" will hide tasks as soon as they are completed. Setting this option to "Today's" will only show tasks that were completed today. Setting this option to "One Week's" will only show tasks that were completed in the last seven days. Setting this option to "All" will show tasks regardless of when they were completed. Default: "All"
Move to Bottom
Controls whether a newly completed list item should be moved to the bottom of the list that contains it. Setting this option to "ON" will animate the move of newly completed tasks to the bottom of the list. It will also force all completed tasks to remain at the bottom of the list, even when the list is being manually sorted. Setting this option to "OFF" will allow completed tasks to become intermingled with uncompleted tasks. Default: "ON"
Delete
Controls how long completed list items should be kept in the Listmaker database. When a list item has been completed for the specified amount of time, it will automatically be deleted from Listmaker and cannot be recovered. (Note that this will also affect Toodledo if synchronization has been turned ON.) Default: "Never"

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I edit the name of a list?

To edit a list name, tap the blue circle with the white arrow next to the list name. This will take you to a screen where you can edit the name of the list. You can also change a list's parent from this screen. When you assign a parent to the edited list, the edited list becomes a sublist of the parent list.

How do I configure Listmaker?

All options for Listmaker (including Toodledo synchronization) are available through the Settings App. To access the settings, do the following:

  1. Start at the iPhone home screen by pressing the home button on your iPhone. (The round button with a square on it towards the bottom of the phone.
  2. Tap the Settings icon (the gray one with gears on it), to open the Settings app.
  3. In the Settings app, scroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll find the table grouping that contains settings for individual apps.
  4. Tap on the Listmaker icon to open the settings for Listmaker.

For detailed instructions on what each setting does, please see the Settings section.

How do I manually sort a list?

To sort a list manually, follow these steps:

  1. Browse to the list that you want to sort.
  2. Configure the list to be manually sorted:
    1. Tap the sort button in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen. (It has an 'A', 'Z', and an arrow on it.) This will bring up the Sort List screen.
    2. Select "Manually". This will automatically return you back to your list.
  3. Tap the "Edit" button at the top of the screen. When you tap the button, you should notice that red circles appear on the left side of screen. On the right side of the screen, you will notice that three gray bars appear in each row. These gray bars are "handles" that you can use to sort the list.
  4. Touch one of the gray bars and drag it up and down to move the row within the list. Repeat as needed with other rows.
  5. When you have finished re-ordering the list, tap the "Done" button at the top of the screen.

How can I search a list?

You can search a list by scrolling all the way to the top of the list and revealing the search bar. Note that the search bar is scrolled off the top of the list when you first access a list. To reveal the search bar you have to scroll up, past the first list item.

How can I create tasks from the clipboard?

Imagine this scenario: You're at work and your spouse sends you an email with a list of a dozen items that you need to pick up at the grocery store. You could enter each item individually, or you could let Listmaker automatically enter them for you. If you copy text to the clipboard (or "pasteboard"), Listmaker will parse the text and create a new list item for each line in the copied text.

To access this feature, first copy the text that contains your list items from an email, the web, or anywhere else. Then, tap the Quick List button at the bottom of a list to open the Quick List screen. Tap the window's background to dismiss the keyboard. When the keyboard retracts, it will reveal a toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Tap the icon in the toolbar to have list items created from the text on the pasteboard. After the list items have been created, an alert box will be displayed detailing the number of items that were created.

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