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Don't reset action conditions when changing the action

Problem:

Per-action conditions set in the "If" section at the bottom of the action edit screen are reset when a different action is chosen using the "switch action" (anticlockwise arrow) button at the top of the action edit screen.

When this would a problem:

I have a block of if/else statements, but I want to add a new condition and result as the *first* possibility in the list to be checked. This means I need to change my 'if' to an 'else', and put a new 'if' before it. However, when I change the 'if' to 'else' I have to re-enter the conditions.

You can imagine other situations where you want to change the action but preserve the conditions. If you actually did want the conditions removed that is much easier to do than to recreate them from a tabula rasa.

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This should be an easy change for João and would be very helpful for us.

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AT

I've just posted a similar request, here: https://tasker.helprace.com/i737-possibility-to-copy-if-conditions-from-actions 👍

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TP

This makes sense. Especially in a stand-alone If/Else action that has multiple conditions.

Because right now you've got to re-create every "And, And, Or" etc. Even in any other Actions that accept an "If" at the bottom this would be a handy feature.

Basically to copy the entire 'If' "block" section so to speak.

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Yup. Basically the "switch action" button should switch only the action and not the conditions. They are easy to delete if required.

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