/tasks edits a task in place (V-509)

The open list carries the text, the date and the importance as an inline form
with a save button. The status is not in it: that ladder is one-way and has
its own two buttons.

The step-up gate was re-argued rather than inherited, which is what the task
asked for, and edit stays ungated. It rewrites a line on a list he reads
himself, the same blast radius drop already has here, and the store refuses
the two edits that would cost something. A collision is named ("another open
task already says this"), not merged.

A weight outside the three rungs keeps its own option in the select, or
saving an unrelated edit would silently reset it to normal.

cmd/mavweb/main.go

@@ -883,14 +883,19 @@ type taskRow struct {
 	Created    string
 	Resolved   string
 	ResolvedBy string
+	// DueValue and Weight are the raw values the edit form posts back
+	// (Vikunja #509). Due above is for reading and says "—" for no date; a
+	// date input needs "2026-08-07" or the empty string.
+	DueValue string
+	Weight   int
 	// Why — the ranker's reason for this row's position (Vikunja #129), in
 	// Russian, empty when nothing distinguished the task. Blank is the honest
 	// rendering: he never said this one mattered more.
 	Why string
 }
 
-// handleTasks serves the task review surface (GET) and the four writes it
+// handleTasks serves the task review surface (GET) and the five writes it
-// offers (POST): add, confirm, done, drop.
+// offers (POST): add, edit, confirm, done, drop.
 //
 // Not step-up gated, unlike /tools and /routines, and the difference is the
 // point: enabling a tool defines argv Maven will execute, and accepting a
@@ -900,6 +905,13 @@ type taskRow struct {
 // still sits behind whatever transport auth fronts mavweb, like every other
 // page.
 //
+// "edit" was re-argued on the same terms rather than inheriting the exemption
+// (Vikunja #509), and it stays ungated. It rewrites a line on a list he reads
+// himself, the same blast radius "drop" already has on this page, and the store
+// refuses the two edits that would cost something: a resolved task keeps the
+// text it was finished under, and a text collision with another live row is
+// named instead of merged.
+//
 // "confirm" is the only interesting move: it promotes a candidate Maven derived
 // from something she read into work he owns. That review step is why derived
 // tasks are captured as candidates in the first place.
@@ -965,6 +977,7 @@ func handleTasks(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, core ipc.CoreAPI) {
 			ID: t.ID, Text: t.Text, Source: t.Source, Evidence: t.Evidence,
 			Status: t.Status, Created: fmtTaskTime(&t.CreatedTs),
 			Due: fmtTaskDate(t.Due), Resolved: fmtTaskTime(t.Resolved),
+			DueValue: fmtTaskDateValue(t.Due), Weight: t.Weight,
 			Why: r.Reason,
 		}
 		if t.Status == "candidate" {
@@ -1000,27 +1013,16 @@ func applyTaskPost(ctx context.Context, core ipc.CoreAPI, r *http.Request) (stri
 			return "", errors.New("empty task text")
 		}
 		req := ipc.CaptureTaskReq{Text: text, Source: "tap:web", Status: "open", Ts: now()}
-		// Importance is his, stated on the form. Out-of-range values are
+		wgt, err := formWeight(r)
-		// clamped rather than rejected — a bad select is not worth a 400.
+		if err != nil {
-		if v := r.FormValue("weight"); v != "" {
+			return "", err
-			// strconv, not Sscanf: Sscanf("3junk", "%d") succeeds with 3, and a
-			// form value is not a place to accept trailing garbage.
-			wgt, err := strconv.Atoi(v)
-			if err != nil || wgt < 0 {
-				return "", fmt.Errorf("bad weight %q", v)
-			}
-			if wgt > tasks.MaxWeight {
-				wgt = tasks.MaxWeight
-			}
-			req.Weight = wgt
 		}
-		if d := r.FormValue("due"); d != "" {
+		req.Weight = wgt
-			due, err := time.ParseInLocation("2006-01-02", d, now().Location())
+		due, err := formDue(r, now())
-			if err != nil {
+		if err != nil {
-				return "", fmt.Errorf("bad due date %q", d)
+			return "", err
-			}
-			req.Due = &due
 		}
+		req.Due = due
 		resp, err := core.CaptureTask(ctx, req)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
@@ -1038,6 +1040,36 @@ func applyTaskPost(ctx context.Context, core ipc.CoreAPI, r *http.Request) (stri
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.New("invalid id")
 	}
+
+	if action == "edit" {
+		// The three fields capture set, and only those (Vikunja #509). Status
+		// is not editable here: that ladder is one-way and has its own buttons.
+		text := strings.TrimSpace(r.FormValue("text"))
+		if text == "" {
+			return "", errors.New("empty task text")
+		}
+		wgt, err := formWeight(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		due, err := formDue(r, now())
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		switch err := core.EditTask(ctx, id, text, due, wgt); {
+		case err == nil:
+			return "saved task", nil
+		case errors.Is(err, ipc.ErrTaskDuplicate):
+			// Naming the collision instead of merging: two live rows carry two
+			// provenances, and picking one is not the page's call.
+			return "", errors.New("another open task already says this — drop one of the two")
+		case errors.Is(err, ipc.ErrTaskResolved):
+			return "", errors.New("a resolved task keeps the text it was finished under")
+		default:
+			return "", err
+		}
+	}
+
 	var status, msg string
 	switch action {
 	case "confirm":
@@ -1061,6 +1093,47 @@ func applyTaskPost(ctx context.Context, core ipc.CoreAPI, r *http.Request) (stri
 	return msg, nil
 }
 
+// fmtTaskDateValue renders a due date the way <input type=date> requires, or
+// "" for no date. Separate from fmtTaskDate, which renders it for reading.
+// formWeight reads the importance select. Out-of-range clamps rather than
+// rejects — a bad select is not worth a 400 — but trailing garbage is refused,
+// because strconv is not Sscanf and "3junk" is not a 3.
+func formWeight(r *http.Request) (int, error) {
+	v := r.FormValue("weight")
+	if v == "" {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	wgt, err := strconv.Atoi(v)
+	if err != nil || wgt < 0 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("bad weight %q", v)
+	}
+	if wgt > tasks.MaxWeight {
+		wgt = tasks.MaxWeight
+	}
+	return wgt, nil
+}
+
+// formDue reads the date input. An empty field is nil, which on an edit means
+// "clear the date" — the form has no other way to say it.
+func formDue(r *http.Request, now time.Time) (*time.Time, error) {
+	d := r.FormValue("due")
+	if d == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	due, err := time.ParseInLocation("2006-01-02", d, now.Location())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("bad due date %q", d)
+	}
+	return &due, nil
+}
+
+func fmtTaskDateValue(t *time.Time) string {
+	if t == nil || t.IsZero() {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return t.Local().Format("2006-01-02")
+}
+
 func fmtTaskTime(t *time.Time) string {
 	if t == nil || t.IsZero() {
 		return "—"

cmd/mavweb/tasks.html

@@ -60,12 +60,27 @@
 <h2 class=card-title>open <span class=badge>{{len .Open}}</span></h2>
 <div class=hint>most pressing first — by the deadlines and the urgency you gave. nothing about a task is guessed; the only signal that is not yours is age, which lifts anything sitting here for weeks.</div>
 {{if .Open}}<div class=scroll><table>
-<tr><th>task</th><th>why</th><th>from</th><th>due</th><th>captured</th><th></th><th></th></tr>
+<tr><th>task</th><th>why</th><th>from</th><th>captured</th><th></th><th></th></tr>
 {{range .Open}}<tr>
-<td class=text-max>{{.Text}}</td>
+<!-- The text, the date and the importance are editable in place (V-509): a
+     dictated task can carry a typo, and a deadline moves. The status is not
+     here — that ladder is one-way and has its own two buttons. -->
+<td class=text-max><form method=post action=/tasks class=inline-form>
+<input type=hidden name=id value="{{.ID}}">
+<input type=hidden name=action value=edit>
+<input type=text name=text value="{{.Text}}" size=30 required>
+<input type=date name=due value="{{.DueValue}}" title="due date">
+<select name=weight title=importance>
+<!-- Any weight that is not one of the three rungs keeps its own option, or
+     saving an unrelated edit would silently reset it to normal. -->
+{{if and (ne .Weight 0) (ne .Weight 2) (ne .Weight 3)}}<option value={{.Weight}} selected>{{.Weight}}</option>{{end}}
+<option value=0 {{if eq .Weight 0}}selected{{end}}>normal</option>
+<option value=2 {{if eq .Weight 2}}selected{{end}}>важно</option>
+<option value=3 {{if eq .Weight 3}}selected{{end}}>срочно</option>
+</select>
+<button class="btn btn-muted">save</button></form></td>
 <td class=hint>{{.Why}}</td>
 <td class=hint>{{.Source}}</td>
-<td>{{.Due}}</td>
 <td class=muted>{{.Created}}</td>
 <td><form method=post action=/tasks class=inline-form>
 <input type=hidden name=id value="{{.ID}}">