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[Enhancement] Prevent empty tasks and treat empty edit as delete with undo #113

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Issue/Description:
Currently, the app allows creating tasks with no text (just space) sub-tasks with no char at all and saving existing tasks as empty. This leads to meaningless entries. Additionally, if a user accidentally clears text during edit (e.g., via the "X" button), there is no way to recover what was typed, resulting in an empty task.

Steps to Reproduce:

  • Open Tasks app
  • Create a new task with just space & create
  • Observe an empty task being created
  • Edit an existing task with valid text
  • Clear all text (e.g., using the "X" button) and save
  • Observe the task becomes empty with no recovery option

Expected Behavior:

  • Creating a new task with no text should be discarded (no task created on Enter).
  • Creating a new sub-task with no text should be discarded
  • Editing an existing task:
    • If text becomes empty and is saved, it should trigger a delete action instead of saving an empty task.
    • The delete action then trigger undo, allowing the user to restore the task to original text (before edit).

Other Notes:
This change would prevent accidental creation of empty tasks and provide a safer editing experience by enabling recovery through undo or trash.

  • tasks & sub-tasks with no meaningful information
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