From 8c318bdfb5120ccf501ca96c548a556fee3f768d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Cardoza <tcardoza@cardoza.construction>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 10:53:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] priority and urgency no longer have defaults and require user
 input when creating a task

---
 src/components/QuickEntry.tsx | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/QuickEntry.tsx b/src/components/QuickEntry.tsx
index 4a58348..425178b 100644
--- a/src/components/QuickEntry.tsx
+++ b/src/components/QuickEntry.tsx
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ export const QuickEntry: Component = () => {
     const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = createSignal(false);
     const [input, setInput] = createSignal("");
 
-    const [priority, setPriority] = createSignal<string>("5");
-    const [urgency, setUrgency] = createSignal<string>("5");
+    const [priority, setPriority] = createSignal<string>("");
+    const [urgency, setUrgency] = createSignal<string>("");
     const [tags, setTags] = createSignal<string[]>([]);
     const [description, setDescription] = createSignal("");
     const [editorInstance, setEditorInstance] = createSignal<any>(null);
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ export const QuickEntry: Component = () => {
         });
 
         setInput("");
-        setPriority("5");
-        setUrgency("5");
+        setPriority("");
+        setUrgency("");
         setTags([]);
         setDescription("");
         setSize("5");
@@ -281,7 +281,9 @@ export const QuickEntry: Component = () => {
                         {/* Row 1: Priority, Size, Urgency */}
                         <div class="flex flex-col md:flex-row items-stretch md:items-center p-4 gap-4 border-b border-border bg-muted/10">
                             <div class="flex-1 space-y-1.5">
-                                <label class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground ml-1">Priority</label>
+                                <label class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground ml-1">
+                                    Priority <span class="text-destructive">*</span>
+                                </label>
                                 <Select<any>
                                     value={priority()}
                                     onChange={(val) => {
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ export const QuickEntry: Component = () => {
                                         <div class="flex items-center gap-2 truncate">
                                             <ArrowUpCircle size={14} class="text-primary shrink-0" />
                                             <span class="text-sm font-medium truncate">
-                                                {PRIORITY_OPTIONS.find(o => o.value === priority())?.label || priority()}
+                                                {PRIORITY_OPTIONS.find(o => o.value === priority())?.label || (priority() === "" ? "Pick Priority" : priority())}
                                             </span>
                                         </div>
                                     </SelectTrigger>
@@ -341,7 +343,9 @@ export const QuickEntry: Component = () => {
                             </div>
 
                             <div class="flex-1 space-y-1.5">
-                                <label class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground ml-1">Urgency (Time)</label>
+                                <label class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground ml-1">
+                                    Urgency <span class="text-destructive">*</span>
+                                </label>
                                 <Select<any>
                                     value={urgency()}
                                     onChange={(val) => onUrgencySimpleChange(val)}
@@ -359,7 +363,7 @@ export const QuickEntry: Component = () => {
                                         <div class="flex items-center gap-2 truncate">
                                             <Clock size={14} class="text-primary shrink-0" />
                                             <span class="text-sm font-medium truncate">
-                                                {URGENCY_OPTIONS.find(o => o.value === urgency())?.label || urgency()}
+                                                {URGENCY_OPTIONS.find(o => o.value === urgency())?.label || (urgency() === "" ? "Pick Urgency" : urgency())}
                                             </span>
                                         </div>
                                     </SelectTrigger>