I have a task form that requires an input field and has a submit button.  When I open the task from the link in the task email I receive, the task goes into edit mode.  When I open it from My Tasks it seems to be in view mode.  I can set the button itself to be visible and enabled when opened from the task list but I can't set the input box to be visible and enabled.  Is there something I am missing to allow users to work out of a task list versus having to open every task from the email they get?  I searched around and found on older solution which adds javascript to the form to modify the URL and force edit mode but I want to make sure there isn't a solution I am missing before I resorted to that with all my forms.

Thanks for your time