Thx stig. while thats an option i would prefer to keep the actual TODOS and not use lists for this best z On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Stig Brautaset wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 22 Dec 2016, at 13:01, Xebar Saram wrote: > > > > Hi all > > > > i recently had some projects where i would define the overall project as > a TODO and then add some more sub headers with TODOS. the problem is that i > dont want to see all these sub TODOS in the agenda. For example: > > > > * TODO start writing paper > > ** TODO collect data > > ** TODO add refernces > > ... > > > > i would like only the * TODO start writing paper to show in the Agenda > view. > > > > obviously i dont want it to happen in any header-sub header in all files > but rather for specific headers. > > > > is there a property drawer/other trick to achieve this? > > You could perhaps use checklists instead of TODOS for the "inner" ones? > > - [ ] some actionable thing > > If you put [/] on the immediate parent heading (your todo) then the todo > will be updated with [4/6] once you action four out of 6 items. > > Stig