> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Task views
> Switch between the project List tab, the Board tab and the day-based Tasks page. Learn what each view is best for and every control on it.
The same tasks are shown three ways. Pick the one that matches what you are doing right now.
| View | Where | Best for |
| -------------- | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| **List** | Project → List tab | Working through a project section by section, with numbers |
| **Board** | Project → Board tab | Moving work along and spotting what is stuck |
| **Tasks** page | Sidebar → Tasks | Planning your own day |
## Switching views
Open a project and use the tab strip at the top: **Overview**, **List**, **Board**, **Settings**. The chosen tab is written into the page URL, so a link to a board is a link to a board and the Back button behaves.
The **Tasks** page is a separate sidebar entry, not a project tab. See [/tasks/my-tasks](/tasks/my-tasks).
## The List tab
The List tab renders **one table per section**. Each section is a card with its own header and its own table.
### Section header
| Element | What it shows |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| Coloured dot | The section's category – Not started, Active or Done |
| Name | The section name |
| Count pill | How many tasks are in it |
| Time | The section's total tracked time, as `H:MM` |
| **+** | Add a task to this section |
| Three-dot menu | Rename, set category, Move left, Move right, Delete section |
Above all the sections sits an **Add section** button.
### Columns
| Column | What it shows | Editable |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| **Task** | Checkbox, title, parent chip on subtasks, hover controls | Tick to complete |
| **Time** | Tracked time on this task, as `H:MM` | No |
| **Est** | The current estimate, as `Xh` | No |
| **Assignee** | The assigned person | Yes, in place |
| **Tags** | Up to three tag chips | No |
| **Due** | The due date | No |
Column widths are fixed, so every section's table lines up down the page.
### Row controls
* **Checkbox** – ticking moves the task into the project's Done section; unticking moves it back to a not-started section.
* **Parent chip** – on a subtask row, the parent's task number. Hover it to see the parent title.
* **+ (on hover)** – add a subtask. Only on top-level rows.
* **Timer button (on hover)** – start or stop the timer on this task. It stays visible while the timer runs.
### Drag and drop
* Drag a **row** to reorder it inside a section, or across into another section. A line shows exactly where it will land.
* Drag a **section header** to reorder the sections.
* Dropping onto an empty part of a section card appends the task to the end.
Drag is pointer-based. For a pointer-free way to reorder sections, use **Move left** and **Move right** in the section's three-dot menu.
### Empty state
A project with no sections shows "No sections yet" and invites you to add one. A section with no tasks shows "No tasks yet."
## The Board tab
The Board tab is a kanban board with a control strip along the top.
### Toolbar
| Control | Options | What it does |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| Task count | – | How many cards are on the board |
| **Group** | Section, Priority, Assignee | Decides what a column is |
| **Sort** | Manual, Priority, Estimate, Alphabetical | Card order inside each column |
| **Search** | Free text | Narrows cards by title |
| **Filter** | Assignee, Priority, Section | Narrows the card set. Shows a count badge |
| **Display** | Seven toggles | Chooses what a card shows |
| Focus | Toggle | Expands the board to fill the screen |
**Group by** in detail:
| Grouping | Columns | Drag across a column |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| **Section** | One per section, in section order | Moves the task to that stage |
| **Priority** | One per priority | Changes the task's priority |
| **Assignee** | One per person, plus **Unassigned** | Reassigns the task |
Within-column reordering is only meaningful under **Section** grouping, because that is the order the product stores.
**Display** toggles:
* Compact mode
* Show section
* Show assignee
* Show priority
* Show due date
* Show estimate
* Show recorded time
### Filter popover
Three groups of checkboxes – **Assignee**, **Priority** and **Section** – plus a **Reset filters** button. Each active choice also appears as a removable chip below the toolbar. An empty group means that facet is not filtering. Full detail is at [/tasks/filters-and-sorting](/tasks/filters-and-sorting).
### Columns
| Element | What it does |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| Column title and index | The section name, numbered in board order |
| Count pill | Cards in the column |
| Estimate total | The sum of the current estimates in the column |
| **+** | Inline add-task form |
| Collapse | A Done column can fold to a narrow ribbon |
An empty column shows a quiet placeholder and a full-width **Add task** affordance.
### Cards
A card carries the task number, an overdue or scope badge, the assignee avatar, the title, a recurring marker, the due date, priority, tags, a subtask count as `done/total`, collaborator avatars and the estimate – as far as the **Display** toggles allow.
Click a card to open the task. **Cmd-click** (or **Ctrl-click**) selects it for a bulk action instead – see [/tasks/bulk-actions](/tasks/bulk-actions).
Subtasks get their own cards on the board, in their own columns, because each one has its own stage.
## The Tasks page
The personal day view: your work across every project, grouped by the day it is due, with a quick add bar and drag-to-reschedule. Covered in full at [/tasks/my-tasks](/tasks/my-tasks).
## Which view to use
| Question | View |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------ |
| What is left in this phase, and how many hours has it taken? | **List** |
| Where is the work stuck? | **Board**, grouped by section |
| Who is overloaded? | **Board**, grouped by assignee |
| What is urgent across the project? | **Board**, grouped by priority |
| What am I doing today? | **Tasks** page |
## Example
Priya Raman opens Bluebird Coffee – **Website Redesign**.
She starts on the **List** tab to read the numbers: the **In progress** section header shows 5 tasks and `12:30` tracked, and the Est column tells her three of them are over their estimate.
She switches to **Board**, sets **Group** to **Assignee** and sees eight cards under Sarah Lin and one under Jonas Bergman. She drags two cards onto Jonas to level the load.
Sarah opens the **Tasks** page, sees those two tasks gone from her Today bucket, and gets on with the rest.
## Options and settings
Your chosen **Group**, **Sort**, **Filter** and **Display** settings apply to the board you are looking at. Filters and search narrow the cards before they are bucketed into columns, so column counts always match what is on screen.
## Permissions
Every view shows only the projects you can reach. A task in a project outside your visibility never appears in any of them, including on your own Tasks page – being assigned a task is not a grant of the project around it.
| Action | Capability |
| ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Open a view | Project reach |
| Drag a card or row | `task.edit` |
| Add a task inline | `task.create` |
| Select cards for a bulk action | `task.bulkEdit` for edits, `task.delete` for deletes |
| See other people on the Tasks page | `time.viewOthers` plus supervision scope |
The **Projects & tasks** app must be on. See [/concepts/apps-and-modules](/concepts/apps-and-modules).
## Common questions
Tasks themselves are shown by day on the **Tasks** page. Tracked time has its own weekly calendar at [/time-tracking/calendar-view](/time-tracking/calendar-view), and planned work sits in the [/planner/overview](/planner/overview).
The list columns are fixed – Task, Time, Est, Assignee, Tags, Due. The **board** is where you choose what is shown, through the **Display** popover.
Because a subtask has its own stage. A finished subtask belongs under Done, not hidden inside a parent that is still in progress. Its card names the parent.
Dragging across columns changes the field. Manual ordering is stored per section, so reordering within a column is meaningful under **Section** grouping.
Not currently. Use the section three-dot menu's **Move left** and **Move right** to reorder sections, and the **Stage** field in the task detail to move a task between sections.
## Troubleshooting
Check the board's **Search** box and the **Filter** count badge. Clear filters with **Reset filters**.
A filter or search is active. The chips under the toolbar show what is currently narrowing the board.
The move was refused – usually a permission problem, or the target section belongs to another project. Refresh and try again.
The list and board load a project's tasks in one go. Very large projects are heavier. Splitting long-running work into more projects keeps each board fast.
## Related guides
Every filter field and operator.
Select cards and change them together.
The day-based personal view.
Columns and section cards come from here.
What opens when you click a card.