feat: add new setting of default position of new tasks

A new setting in "Misc Settings" is added to let user choose the default choice of the toggle at the new task bar, which controls where a new task is placed: either at the 'top of list', or the 'bottom of list'.

Author: kkoyung

src/app/features/config/default-global-config.const.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_GLOBAL_CONFIG: GlobalConfigState = {
     isAutoAddWorkedOnToToday: true,
     isMinimizeToTray: false,
     isTrayShowCurrentTask: true,
+    isAddToBottom: false,
     defaultProjectId: DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID,
     firstDayOfWeek: 1,
     startOfNextDay: 0,

src/app/features/config/form-cfgs/misc-settings-form.const.ts

@@ -74,6 +74,17 @@ export const MISC_SETTINGS_FORM_CFG: ConfigFormSection<MiscConfig> = {
         label: T.GCF.MISC.IS_TRAY_SHOW_CURRENT_TASK,
       },
     },
+    {
+      key: 'isAddToBottom',
+      type: 'select',
+      templateOptions: {
+        label: T.GCF.MISC.IS_ADD_TO_BOTTOM,
+        options: [
+          { label: T.GCF.MISC.ADD_TO_TOP, value: false },
+          { label: T.GCF.MISC.ADD_TO_BOTTOM, value: true },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
     {
       key: 'defaultProjectId',
       type: 'project-select',

src/app/features/config/global-config.model.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export type MiscConfig = Readonly<{
   isAutoAddWorkedOnToToday: boolean;
   isMinimizeToTray: boolean;
   isTrayShowCurrentTask: boolean;
+  isAddToBottom: boolean;
   // allow also false because of #569
   defaultProjectId: string | null | false;
   firstDayOfWeek: number;

src/app/features/tasks/add-task-bar/add-task-bar.component.ts

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import { AsyncPipe } from '@angular/common';
 import { TranslatePipe } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { IssueIconPipe } from '../../issue/issue-icon/issue-icon.pipe';
 import { TagComponent } from '../../tag/tag/tag.component';
+import { GlobalConfigService } from '../../config/global-config.service';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'add-task-bar',
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export class AddTaskBarComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
   private _workContextService = inject(WorkContextService);
   private _store = inject(Store);
   private _addTaskBarService = inject(AddTaskBarService);
+  private _globalConfigService = inject(GlobalConfigService);
 
   tabindex = input<number>(0);
   isDoubleEnterMode = input<boolean>(false);
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ export class AddTaskBarComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
 
   isLoading = signal(false);
   doubleEnterCount = signal(0);
-  isAddToBottom = signal(false);
+  isAddToBottom = signal(this._globalConfigService.cfg?.misc.isAddToBottom);
   isAddToBacklog = signal(false);
   isSearchIssueProviders = signal(false);
   isSearchIssueProviders$ = toObservable(this.isSearchIssueProviders);

src/app/t.const.ts

@@ -1453,9 +1453,12 @@ const T = {
       ZH_TW: 'GCF.LANG.ZH_TW',
     },
     MISC: {
+      ADD_TO_BOTTOM: 'GCF.MISC.ADD_TO_BOTTOM',
+      ADD_TO_TOP: 'GCF.MISC.ADD_TO_TOP',
       DEFAULT_PROJECT: 'GCF.MISC.DEFAULT_PROJECT',
       FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK: 'GCF.MISC.FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK',
       HELP: 'GCF.MISC.HELP',
+      IS_ADD_TO_BOTTOM: 'GCF.MISC.IS_ADD_TO_BOTTOM',
       IS_AUTO_ADD_WORKED_ON_TO_TODAY: 'GCF.MISC.IS_AUTO_ADD_WORKED_ON_TO_TODAY',
       IS_AUTO_MARK_PARENT_AS_DONE: 'GCF.MISC.IS_AUTO_MARK_PARENT_AS_DONE',
       IS_CONFIRM_BEFORE_EXIT: 'GCF.MISC.IS_CONFIRM_BEFORE_EXIT',

src/assets/i18n/en.json

@@ -1432,9 +1432,12 @@
       "ZH_TW": "中文(繁體)"
     },
     "MISC": {
+      "ADD_TO_BOTTOM": "Bottom of list",
+      "ADD_TO_TOP": "Top of list",
       "DEFAULT_PROJECT": "Default project to use for tasks if none is specified",
       "FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK": "First day of the week",
       "HELP": "<p><strong>Not seeing Desktop Notifications?</strong> For windows you might want to check System > Notifications & actions and check if the required notifications have been enabled.</p>",
+      "IS_ADD_TO_BOTTOM": "Default position of new tasks",
       "IS_AUTO_ADD_WORKED_ON_TO_TODAY": "Automatically add today tag to worked on tasks",
       "IS_AUTO_MARK_PARENT_AS_DONE": "Mark parent task as done, when all sub tasks are done",
       "IS_CONFIRM_BEFORE_EXIT": "Confirm before exiting the app",