diff --git a/app/views/todos/_new_todo_form.rhtml b/app/views/todos/_new_todo_form.rhtml
index 1c1af12d..a870a39a 100644
--- a/app/views/todos/_new_todo_form.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/todos/_new_todo_form.rhtml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
 
     <label for="predecessor_list"><%= Todo.human_attribute_name('predecessors')%></label>
     <%= text_field_tag "predecessor_list", nil, :size => 30, :tabindex => 8 %>
+
+    <div class="predecessor_add_button_box">
+      <input class="predecessor_add_button" type="button" value="Add"/>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="selected_predecessors">
+      <ul id="predecessor_ul" style="display:none">
+      </ul>
+    </div>
+
     <%= source_view_tag( @source_view ) %>
     <%= hidden_field_tag :_tag_name, @tag_name.underscore.gsub(/\s+/,'_') if source_view_is :tag %>
 
diff --git a/public/javascripts/application.js b/public/javascripts/application.js
index 0b32a7e6..6daaffb0 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/application.js
@@ -87,6 +87,21 @@ var TracksForm = {
                 submit_with_ajax_and_block_element('form#todo-form-multi-new-action', $(this));
             return false;
         });
+
+        $('input[class=predecessor_add_button]').live('click', function(){
+            var text = $('input[name=predecessor]').val();
+            if (text.length > 0) {
+                $('ul#predecessor_ul').show();
+                if (text.length > 35) {
+                    text = text.substring(0,35)+"...";
+                }
+                var html = $('ul#predecessor_ul').html();
+                var new_li = "<li><input class=\"pred_remove_button\" type=\"button\" value=\"x\"/> "+ text + "</li>";
+                $('ul#predecessor_ul').html(html + new_li);
+                $('input[name=predecessor]').val('');
+                $('input[name=predecessor]').focus();
+            }
+        });
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/standard.css b/public/stylesheets/standard.css
index 55c03716..6508504f 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/standard.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/standard.css
@@ -342,10 +342,28 @@ div#input_box {
 
 #input_box ul {list-style-type: circle; font-size: 0.9em;}
 
-.show_from_input, .due_input, .project_input, .context_input {
+#input_box ul#predecessor_ul {
+    list-style-type: none;
+    color: 0;
+}
+
+.show_from_input, .due_input, .project_input, .context_input,
+.predecessor_input {
     float:left;
 }
 
+.predecessor_add_button_box {
+    float:right;
+}
+
+#input_box input.pred_remove_button {
+    width:1.3em;
+}
+
+.selected_predecessors {
+    clear:right;
+}
+
 .box {
     float: left;
     width: 20px;