Correction:
This was a misapprehension - the invisibility of my inbox tasks in Context Mode was a result of setting a focus on some projects in Project Mode.

And yet ...

This does draw attention to an uncomfortable asymmetry between Project Mode and Context Mode:

• In Project Mode, you can set a project/folder focus and still see Inbox tasks,
• but in Context Mode, if any kind of focus has been set, Inbox tasks will be inescapably invisible ...

Perhaps this could usefully be treated as a bug (or design defect)?

i.e. perhaps Context Mode should still allow viewing of inbox tasks even if a focus has been set in Project Mode ?

(one route might be to allow the focus list to include the inbox, as well as folders and projects)

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