[whpalmer4]

Originally Posted by Toadling

Anyway, I think part of the confusion here is that single-action lists are not projects. And while you can nest action groups inside single-action lists, I don't think the capability is often used.

By definition, a single-action list is a parallel group of unrelated actions. They're never sequential. A sequential list is a project, not a single-action list. So in my mind, adding "bucket list" to the following preference setting makes no sense:

Yeah, you'd need something additional to configure the default sequential/parallel setting for Action Groups independent of the setting for Projects if you allowed Single-Action Lists as a choice for default project type. Maybe if you selected Single-Action Lists as the default project type you'd get that extra pair of radio buttons for Action Group to appear.

I must admit I'm still not 100% clear on what you mean by the "main preference pane for OmniFocus." I'm referring to the above screenshot from Preferences -> Data -> Projects & Action Groups mainly because that's what whpalmer4 referred to.

I think that has to be what he's talking about, and he just wasn't looking at the actual preference pane when he typed the message.

I've got 22 SALs in my database, some of them with very high turnover, so the OP wouldn't be the only unhappy camper if they got rid of the SAL without providing some sort of superior replacement! I use them for my never-ending responsibilities, often with repeating action groups. For some reason, it just doesn't seem right to have a project that doesn't have a discernable endpoint. My only complaint is that Curt's Verify Next Actions Exist won't currently help me find empty action groups inside SALs. It hasn't been enough of a problem that I've been spurred to tinker with the script. As my old boss used to say in response to any complaint about how some piece of system software I helped maintain worked, "you know where the sources are" and with little or no difficulty, I can look at Curt's avatar and hear those same words once again :-) (Curt has been quite helpful with advice about how the script might be revised, lest anyone get the wrong impression)