feat(tasks): write a task straight into a section

The box at the top puts things in the project with no section, which is right for
capturing. But a project has sections because the work belongs somewhere, and
dragging every new task down into the right one is a second gesture for something
you already knew when you typed it.

Two ways in, because they answer different moments. A field at the foot of each
section and each board column — standing there is enough, no syntax to know. And
`/section` in quick add, for the box at the top and for Today and Upcoming, where
you are not standing in a section at all.

The field goes through quick add rather than createTask, so a line written there
still parses its dates, priorities and labels.

The sigil needed care: '#' and '@' never turn up in a Danish task line by accident
and '/' turns up constantly. It has to follow whitespace and be followed
immediately by the name, which "km/t", "3/4" and "20 kr / stk" all fail. The bare
form is greedy, because "Kunder/Ordrer" is a real section name and the sigil is
inside it.

A section id from the client is checked against the project the task actually
landed in. A `#project` in the same line can move the task elsewhere, and the id
would otherwise follow it into a project that section does not belong to.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

internal/httpapi/tasks_handlers.go

@@ -475,6 +475,10 @@ type quickAddRequest struct {
 	// ProjectID is the view the user was looking at. A "#project" in the text
 	// wins over it: what somebody typed beats where they happened to be standing.
 	ProjectID string `json:"project_id,omitempty"`
+	// SectionID is the section the box was opened in, for the field that sits at
+	// the foot of one. Same rule as the project: a "/section" in the text wins,
+	// because typing it is a choice and standing there is a circumstance.
+	SectionID string `json:"section_id,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (s *Server) handleQuickAdd(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -518,9 +522,31 @@ func (s *Server) handleQuickAdd(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Resolved after the project, because a section belongs to one project and the
+	// same name can exist in several. A name that matches nothing is reported the
+	// same way an unknown project is: the task is still created, in the project
+	// without a section, and the caller is told which word did not land.
+	sectionID, unknownSection := "", ""
+	// The section the box belongs to, unless the text names one. Checked against
+	// the project the task actually landed in, so a "#project" that moved it
+	// elsewhere cannot drag a section id from another project along with it.
+	if req.SectionID != "" {
+		if belongs, err := s.db.SectionInProject(r.Context(), req.SectionID, projectID); err == nil && belongs {
+			sectionID = req.SectionID
+		}
+	}
+	if parsed.Section != "" {
+		if id, err := s.db.SectionByName(r.Context(), projectID, parsed.Section); err == nil {
+			sectionID = id
+		} else {
+			unknownSection = parsed.Section
+		}
+	}
+
 	t := &store.Task{
-		ProjectID: projectID, Content: parsed.Content, Priority: parsed.Priority,
-		CreatedBy: user.ID, DueDate: parsed.DueDate, RecurrenceRule: parsed.Recurrence,
+		ProjectID: projectID, SectionID: sectionID, Content: parsed.Content,
+		Priority: parsed.Priority, CreatedBy: user.ID, DueDate: parsed.DueDate,
+		RecurrenceRule: parsed.Recurrence,
 	}
 	if parsed.DueDate != "" {
 		_, when, err := resolveDue(parsed.DueDate, parsed.DueTime, user.Timezone)
@@ -537,13 +563,14 @@ func (s *Server) handleQuickAdd(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	s.activity(r, t.ProjectID, t.ID, "task.created", map[string]any{"content": t.Content})
 	s.publish(t.ProjectID, "task.created", toTaskJSON(*t))
 
-	if unknownProject != "" {
+	if unknownProject != "" || unknownSection != "" {
 		// Alongside the task rather than instead of it: the task was created, and
 		// this says what could not be honoured while creating it.
 		writeJSON(w, http.StatusCreated, struct {
 			taskJSON
-			UnknownProject string `json:"unknown_project"`
-		}{toTaskJSON(*t), unknownProject})
+			UnknownProject string `json:"unknown_project,omitempty"`
+			UnknownSection string `json:"unknown_section,omitempty"`
+		}{toTaskJSON(*t), unknownProject, unknownSection})
 		return
 	}
 	writeJSON(w, http.StatusCreated, toTaskJSON(*t))

internal/httpapi/tasks_test.go

@@ -1682,3 +1682,98 @@ func TestNotifications(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("unread = %v after marking everything read", after["unread"])
 	}
 }
+
+// Quick add can put a task straight into a section.
+//
+// A section belongs to one project, so the name is resolved after the project is
+// decided — and two projects may both have a "Produktion", which are different
+// sections. A name that matches nothing is reported the way an unknown project is:
+// the task is still created, and the caller is told which word did not land.
+func TestQuickAddPutsATaskInASection(t *testing.T) {
+	ts := newTestServer(t)
+	ts.bootstrap(t)
+
+	_, project := ts.do(t, "POST", "/api/v1/projects", map[string]any{"name": "Risteriet"})
+	projectID := project["id"].(string)
+	_, section := ts.do(t, "POST", "/api/v1/projects/"+projectID+"/sections",
+		map[string]any{"name": "Kunder/Ordrer"})
+	sectionID := section["id"].(string)
+
+	// The section name has a slash in it, which is also the sigil. The bare form is
+	// greedy, so the whole name comes across.
+	resp, task := ts.do(t, "POST", "/api/v1/tasks/quick-add",
+		map[string]any{"text": "Karpenhøj kaffe bestilling #Risteriet /Kunder/Ordrer"})
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusCreated {
+		t.Fatalf("quick add: status %d, body %v", resp.StatusCode, task)
+	}
+	if task["section_id"] != sectionID {
+		t.Errorf("section_id = %v, want %v", task["section_id"], sectionID)
+	}
+	if task["content"] != "Karpenhøj kaffe bestilling" {
+		t.Errorf("content = %v — the sigils should be gone", task["content"])
+	}
+
+	// Case-insensitive, like the project sigil.
+	_, lower := ts.do(t, "POST", "/api/v1/tasks/quick-add",
+		map[string]any{"text": `nye poser #Risteriet /"kunder/ordrer"`})
+	if lower["section_id"] != sectionID {
+		t.Errorf("a differently-cased name did not resolve: %v", lower["section_id"])
+	}
+
+	// A name that matches nothing still creates the task, and says so.
+	_, missing := ts.do(t, "POST", "/api/v1/tasks/quick-add",
+		map[string]any{"text": "noget andet #Risteriet /Findesikke"})
+	if missing["section_id"] != nil && missing["section_id"] != "" {
+		t.Errorf("an unknown section should leave the task unsectioned: %v", missing["section_id"])
+	}
+	if missing["unknown_section"] != "Findesikke" {
+		t.Errorf("unknown_section = %v, want Findesikke", missing["unknown_section"])
+	}
+	if missing["content"] != "noget andet" {
+		t.Errorf("content = %v", missing["content"])
+	}
+
+	// A section in another project is a different section, and must not be found.
+	_, other := ts.do(t, "POST", "/api/v1/projects", map[string]any{"name": "Andet"})
+	ts.do(t, "POST", "/api/v1/projects/"+other["id"].(string)+"/sections",
+		map[string]any{"name": "Egen"})
+	_, crossed := ts.do(t, "POST", "/api/v1/tasks/quick-add",
+		map[string]any{"text": "forkert sted #Risteriet /Egen"})
+	if crossed["unknown_section"] != "Egen" {
+		t.Errorf("a section from another project was found: %v", crossed["section_id"])
+	}
+}
+
+// The field at the foot of a section passes the section it sits in, and a
+// "#project" in the same line can move the task out from under it.
+func TestQuickAddSectionIDIsCheckedAgainstTheProject(t *testing.T) {
+	ts := newTestServer(t)
+	ts.bootstrap(t)
+
+	_, here := ts.do(t, "POST", "/api/v1/projects", map[string]any{"name": "Her"})
+	hereID := here["id"].(string)
+	_, section := ts.do(t, "POST", "/api/v1/projects/"+hereID+"/sections",
+		map[string]any{"name": "Produktion"})
+	sectionID := section["id"].(string)
+
+	// Standing in the section is enough; no sigil needed.
+	_, plain := ts.do(t, "POST", "/api/v1/tasks/quick-add", map[string]any{
+		"text": "male gavlen", "project_id": hereID, "section_id": sectionID,
+	})
+	if plain["section_id"] != sectionID {
+		t.Errorf("section_id = %v, want %v", plain["section_id"], sectionID)
+	}
+
+	// A "#project" that moves the task must not drag the section id with it: that
+	// section belongs to the project being left behind.
+	ts.do(t, "POST", "/api/v1/projects", map[string]any{"name": "Andetsted"})
+	_, moved := ts.do(t, "POST", "/api/v1/tasks/quick-add", map[string]any{
+		"text": "male gavlen #Andetsted", "project_id": hereID, "section_id": sectionID,
+	})
+	if moved["section_id"] != nil && moved["section_id"] != "" {
+		t.Errorf("the section came along to another project: %v", moved["section_id"])
+	}
+	if moved["content"] != "male gavlen" {
+		t.Errorf("content = %v", moved["content"])
+	}
+}

internal/quickadd/quickadd.go

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const (
 	KindTime     Kind = "time"
 	KindPriority Kind = "priority"
 	KindProject  Kind = "project"
+	KindSection  Kind = "section"
 	KindLabel    Kind = "label"
 	KindRepeat   Kind = "repeat"
 )
@@ -52,7 +53,11 @@ type Result struct {
 	Content string `json:"content"`
 	// Project is the name written after '#', not an id: the caller resolves it
 	// against the user's projects and decides what to do when it matches nothing.
-	Project string   `json:"project,omitempty"`
+	Project string `json:"project,omitempty"`
+	// Section is the name written after '/', resolved by the caller against the
+	// sections of whichever project the task lands in. A section belongs to one
+	// project, so it cannot be looked up until the project is known.
+	Section string   `json:"section,omitempty"`
 	Labels  []string `json:"labels,omitempty"`
 	// Priority is 1 (highest) to 4. 4 is both the default and "none stated".
 	Priority int `json:"priority"`
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ func Parse(input string, now time.Time, locale string) Result {
 	// Sigils first. '#' and '@' are unambiguous, and consuming them stops a project
 	// called "Fredag" from later being read as a weekday.
 	res.Project, spans = extractProject(input, spans)
+	res.Section, spans = extractSection(input, spans)
 	res.Labels, spans = extractLabels(input, spans)
 	res.Priority, spans = extractPriority(input, spans)
 
@@ -144,6 +150,16 @@ func Parse(input string, now time.Time, locale string) Result {
 var (
 	reProject = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:^|\s)#(?:"([^"]+)"|([\p{L}\p{N}_/-]+))`)
 	reLabel   = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:^|\s)@(?:"([^"]+)"|([\p{L}\p{N}_/-]+))`)
+	// A section, written '/Produktion' or '/"Kunder og ordrer"'.
+	//
+	// The name may itself contain a slash — "Kunder/Ordrer" is a real section
+	// name — so the bare form is greedy and swallows the lot.
+	//
+	// The leading `(?:^|\s)` is what keeps this out of ordinary text. A slash
+	// inside a word never matches, so "km/t" and "3/4" are safe, and the name has
+	// to start immediately after the slash, so "20 kr / stk" is safe too. Those
+	// three are the shapes a slash actually takes in a Danish task line.
+	reSection = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:^|\s)/(?:"([^"]+)"|([\p{L}\p{N}_/-]+))`)
 )
 
 func extractProject(input string, spans []Span) (string, []Span) {
@@ -160,6 +176,20 @@ func extractProject(input string, spans []Span) (string, []Span) {
 	return name, spans
 }
 
+// Last one wins, as with the project: retyping is a correction, not two sections.
+func extractSection(input string, spans []Span) (string, []Span) {
+	all := reSection.FindAllStringSubmatchIndex(input, -1)
+	if len(all) == 0 {
+		return "", spans
+	}
+	var name string
+	for _, m := range all {
+		name = submatch(input, m)
+		spans = append(spans, sigilSpan(input, m, KindSection))
+	}
+	return name, spans
+}
+
 func extractLabels(input string, spans []Span) ([]string, []Span) {
 	var labels []string
 	seen := map[string]bool{}

internal/quickadd/quickadd_test.go

@@ -560,3 +560,46 @@ func TestRecurrenceIsHighlighted(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("no span of kind repeat")
 	}
 }
+
+// A section, and the three shapes a slash takes in ordinary text.
+//
+// The sigil is the one that needed thinking about: '#' and '@' never occur in a
+// Danish task line by accident, and '/' occurs constantly. What keeps it apart is
+// that the slash must follow whitespace and the name must follow the slash with
+// nothing in between — which "km/t", "3/4" and "20 kr / stk" all fail.
+func TestASectionIsWrittenWithASlash(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, c := range []struct {
+		in      string
+		section string
+		content string
+	}{
+		{"ring til Karpenhøj /Produktion", "Produktion", "ring til Karpenhøj"},
+		{"/Produktion ring til Karpenhøj", "Produktion", "ring til Karpenhøj"},
+		// A real section name with a slash in it. The bare form is greedy, so the
+		// whole thing comes across rather than stopping at the second slash.
+		{"nye poser /Kunder/Ordrer", "Kunder/Ordrer", "nye poser"},
+		{`nye poser /"Kunder og ordrer"`, "Kunder og ordrer", "nye poser"},
+		// Retyping is a correction, not two sections.
+		{"nye poser /Drift /Produktion", "Produktion", "nye poser"},
+		// And alongside everything else.
+		{"betal moms i morgen kl 10 p1 #Firma /Bogholderi", "Bogholderi", "betal moms"},
+
+		// The ways a slash shows up when nobody meant a section. None of them may
+		// produce one: the slash has to follow whitespace, and the name has to
+		// follow the slash with nothing between.
+		{"kør 80 km/t forbi", "", "kør 80 km/t forbi"},
+		{"20 kr / stk hos grossisten", "", "20 kr / stk hos grossisten"},
+		// "3/4" is a section to nobody and a date to a Dane — the 3rd of April —
+		// and the date parser is right to claim it. What matters here is only that
+		// it did not become a section.
+		{"læs 3/4 af rapporten", "", "læs af rapporten"},
+	} {
+		got := Parse(c.in, ref(t), "da")
+		if got.Section != c.section {
+			t.Errorf("Parse(%q).Section = %q, want %q", c.in, got.Section, c.section)
+		}
+		if got.Content != c.content {
+			t.Errorf("Parse(%q).Content = %q, want %q", c.in, got.Content, c.content)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/store/projects.go

@@ -630,3 +630,36 @@ func (db *DB) ReorderProjects(ctx context.Context, userID string, ids []string)
 		return nil
 	})
 }
+
+// SectionByName resolves a "/name" from quick add within one project.
+//
+// Case-insensitive, and scoped to the project the task is landing in — a section
+// belongs to exactly one project, so the name cannot be looked up before that is
+// decided. Two projects may both have a "Produktion" and they are different
+// sections; asking without the project would be asking the wrong question.
+func (db *DB) SectionByName(ctx context.Context, projectID, name string) (string, error) {
+	var id string
+	err := db.QueryRowContext(ctx, `
+		SELECT id FROM sections
+		WHERE project_id = ? AND lower(name) = lower(?) AND deleted_at IS NULL
+		ORDER BY sort_order
+		LIMIT 1`, projectID, name).Scan(&id)
+	if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		return "", ErrNotFound
+	}
+	return id, err
+}
+
+// SectionInProject reports whether a section id belongs to the given project.
+//
+// Quick add takes a section id from the client — the field at the foot of a
+// section passes the one it sits in — and a "#project" in the same line can move
+// the task somewhere else entirely. Without this the id would follow it, and the
+// task would land in a section belonging to a project it is not in.
+func (db *DB) SectionInProject(ctx context.Context, sectionID, projectID string) (bool, error) {
+	var n int
+	err := db.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT count(*) FROM sections WHERE id = ? AND project_id = ? AND deleted_at IS NULL`,
+		sectionID, projectID).Scan(&n)
+	return n == 1, err
+}