How to display Subtasks in Reminders App Today View?

Yeah, this is really frustrating! I would use subtasks so much more if they nested in the "Today" window

This is really irritating. Even adding a date to the subtask doesn’t give it the same nested view as in the All view.

Sorry, I can’t see another workaround, just wanted to acknowledge the issue.

Subtasks is almost useless. What this should do is allow you to expand a 'master task' and se and then check all the sub tasks. I created 9 sub task for a task and now I can't even see them on my iPhone or Mac.

I still don't understand how to add a date to my subtask?

Thank you for letting us know of your workaround! This gave the behaviour I was looking for. I still think subtasks should inherit date and time for the purposes of displaying the dropdown list in the Today section of reminders.

My workaround is to create a Shortcut that:

• Find reminders that has subtasks, aka Parents
• repeat for each Parent
  • get the Subtask
  • set an Subtask's attribute to it's Parent attribute

In this case, the attribute would be "Due Date".

You can then run the Shortcut whenever you need the fields propagated down.

I came here with the same question and frustration, but then, after poking around a bit, I realized the following:

The current functionality in the Today Smart List makes sense because it treats each task and subtask as independent reminders, allowing for different due dates and times. This flexibility is important because not all subtasks need to be completed at the same time as the parent task. For example, if you have a reminder called "Plan Birthday Party" with subtasks like "Order Cake," "Send Invitations," and "Book Venue," each of these might have different deadlines. "Order Cake" could be due two days before the party, while "Send Invitations" might be due a week earlier. Showing all these subtasks directly in the Today Smart List could lead to confusion, as it might display tasks that aren't actually due today or duplicate reminders, cluttering the view.

If you want to see the complete structure of a project, meaning the parent reminder and all its associated subtasks with their respective dates and times, you can do so in the specific list where the reminder is stored. For instance, if "Plan Birthday Party" is in your "Events" Standard list, you can go there to view the parent task and all its subtasks in the correct order, with their due dates and times. This method keeps your Today Smart List focused on tasks that are due today while allowing you to view the full project structure in its dedicated list.

What would be nice, though, is if the app not only shows the location (list) where the reminder is stored (which it currently does):

but also allows you to click on that location and take you directly to the reminder within its list. This would be especially helpful if the list contains many reminders, saving time by navigating straight to the specific reminder. Another useful feature would be to right-click on the reminder and have an option like "Go to Location" that takes you directly to the reminder's exact spot within its list.

Any chance you can share your shortcut? Struggling with setting this up

Go to the 2nd layer of the For loop, where the date is set, and when setting the subtask date, scroll down and unset time.

I did a spot check and it seems to work.

If you wanted it to be dynamic depending on the parent having a time or not, you'll need to do an IF clause on the existence of a time.

To get the hour: use format date with a Custom Format of HH (24hr time 00-24). Then you round it so it's a number.

For the condition: Round Number is 0 (midnight)?

The true branch should not set subtask date (it's only a date), the Otherwise branch sets subtask date and time.

Here's the flow with the time check.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e193b3214eb1451999d92db4bede13d7

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b4a9395b2ef344b98c31b18bc3b58e89

How is this still an issue? Mind blown.

This is brilliant!! My only issue is that for Parent Tasks that I only have set to a date, and not a time, it sets all of the Subtasks to that same date but at 12:00AM. Is there a way to avoid having it assign a time and just copy the date only?

Thank you!!