**As** a project manager
**I want** to easily and quickly schedule parent work packages directly from the Gantt chart
**so that** I don't have to open the date picker to plan parent work packages.

Current behavior (scheduling parent work packages only possible through date picker):

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**Acceptance criteria**

* Begin of the insertionWhen activating theEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion Add entry to context menu to switch betweenEnd of the deletion manual Begin of the deletion and automaticEnd of the deletion scheduling mode Begin of the insertionfor a parentEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion - directly fromEnd of the deletion work Begin of the insertionpackage, it should be possible to schedule that parent workEnd of the insertion package Begin of the insertiondirectly from theEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion /End of the deletion Gantt chart. Begin of the insertion
* Possibly related: Switching between manual and automatic scheduling mode (#34705)End of the insertion Begin of the deletion

**Technical notes:**

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