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Ok, let's turn my original suggestion on it's head: let's get rid of modes altogether.

In the lefthand pane we would have these top level items:- InBox, Projects, Contexts and All.

When you click on InBox you'll see a list of everything that's to be decided upon.

The projects item can be expanded to reveal all top level projects (projects may contain sub projects). In an empty database, there would be one default project called 'No Project' which can't be deleted. Any action that has no project will, by default, appear in 'No Project'.

The Contexts item can be expanded to reveal all top level contexts (contexts may contain sub contexts). In a empty database, there would be one default context called 'No Context' which can't be deleted. Action action that as no context will, be default appear in 'No Context'.

Any action that appears in the InBox will also appear in 'No Project' and 'No Context'.

When you click all All, you'll see a list of every action regardless of which project and context it may have.

Actions can have their projects/contexts set or changed by either selecting the action and typing/selecting the new project and/or context. Or by dragging dropping on to the desired project/context.