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A way to designate whether a Profile has been user named or not.

Currently in Tasker when creating a new Profile there is the ability to name it manually by the user, or to just click the checkbox and let Tasker auto-assign it a name (usually based on whatever the Contexts are then assigned).

The problem with this is - some of the names that Tasker uses for auto-naming can often look like they were named by a user, which can cause problems later on, specifically:

The variables %PACTIVE and %PENABLED do not / will not contain Profile names that have been assigned by Tasker, regardless of if they are active or enabled. Those variables will only contain the names of user-named Profiles.

Here is a thread on reddit where this issue has really  come to light.

A simple solution would be some kind of designator next to a Profile's name (while viewing them in the Profiles Tab) that indicates it has not been user-named yet. Could be a little colored icon or something, whatever looks good ;)

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This should now be solved, or not? If a profile isn't named it is shown with a * infront and cursive font. There is just no explanation for this in Tasker...

Correct. Thanks for mentioning it! :) And actually, the first time you create or edit an unnamed profile it'll explain it :)