Of course, another way is to open another window (possibly on an “All” perspective that already has no sidebar selection). Then you can do your search there and leave your current workflow intact.

I disagree - usually, when I complete the last task in a project, it’s because I’ve only defined a few next actions, not every action I’ll need to take to complete the project. If the project disappeared from view when I checked off my last task, I’d be confused and frustrated.

I like the current system of how projects are marked as complete (manually, and irrespective of the tasks they contain).

As someone who bought OF, tried to work with it a lot, and now is using it as a glorified someday/maybe bin (just throwing stuff in the inbox), I agree completely with him. That’s why I don’t use it. I didn’t get much benefit out of sculpting my data into projects. It didn’t help me see and think about (and forget about) what I need to do. I *do* think pixels are important too! But how about some responses to the comments about general workflow.

A big problem I have with OmniFocus is that there is no focus ring on the sidebar. A focus ring would make it much easier to see that the sidebar has focus, and therefore keyboard commands would affect the sidebar.

The Deselect All keyboard shortcut would be useful if there was a keyboard command to switch focus to the sidebar. If the content pane has focus, I don’t see any use for it.

Consider this search scenario:
I’m about to enter something, but I want to do a quick search to see if I’ve already entered it elsewhere.

I currently have a project selected in the sidebar, and a text selection in the content pane, so the content pane (rather than the sidebar) has focus. Also, there are enough projects in open folders in the sidebar that there is no ‘empty’ space to click on in the sidebar, and the Library is scrolled out of view.

To do the search and then get back to where I was:
1. Change sidebar selection so that the entire document is searched: Scroll up the sidebar so that Library is visible, and click on it. This is what I have been doing, but now that I know about Deselect All: Click on any item in the sidebar and choose Deselect All. The later is better because searching will include the Inbox.

2. Click in the search field, and type my search text.

3. I’ll see all projects, actions, and groups that match. Note that I can’t see which folders they are in.

4. To get back to where I was: scroll the sidebar back down and click on the project I was in before the search. Click in the content pane.

I am taking a break from the internet, starting right now.

That’s all I need to know. When reading in the future, I’ll take it all with a giant grain of salt.

I use OmniFocus every day because at its core it is a useful application, but I would love to see improvements that will make the app easier to use. It is the type of app that should do its job and then get out of my way. These quirks can slow me down when using it, which takes away a little bit from the time it saves me otherwise.

1) Please make it easier to check an item as done.
2) It makes no sense whatsoever that if I have projects grouped under folders and when I am entering a project in context mode it displays in this manner

Foldername : Projectname

that when I enter a new project as

Foldername : NewProjectname

and then press Command-Enter to create a new project that project is not created in the folder Foldername but instead is created as a new project named

Foldername:NewProjectname

and NOT placed in the Foldername folder.

This is the type of interface inconsistency that allows OmniFocus to slow me down. I don’t mind you doing a few custom things but at least make your custom things work consistently.