List, board and calendar views

Dongu renders the same tasks three ways: a list, a kanban board, and a month calendar. Switching views never changes your data, only how you look at it. This page is about the views themselves; the fields on a task are covered in create and organize tasks.

List view

The list shows tasks as rows, which suits scanning the day and working through it item by item.

Reorder tasks by hand

When you want your own order rather than a sorted one, use manual ordering. There are three ways to move a task, and they all do the same thing:

• Drag the task by its handle.
• Keyboard: the drag handle is a button. Focus it and press Arrow Up or Arrow Down to move the task without a mouse.
• Menu: each task's menu has Move up and Move down actions.

The keyboard and menu options mean manual ordering works without drag and drop, on a touch screen or with assistive technology.

Board view

The board turns tasks into cards in columns, a kanban. Drag a card into another column to move the work along.

Columns are customizable: rename them, add new ones, and reorder them. Every column maps to one of three states, To do, In progress or Done, so a custom column like "Waiting" still keeps each task's status unambiguous. Dropping a card into a Done column completes the task.

Because every column maps to a state, tasks stay consistent when you switch back to the list or calendar. Shared boards use the same kanban model for working with friends. See shared boards.

Calendar view

The calendar lays a month out as a grid and places tasks on their due dates. It is the planning view: you see which days are loaded and which are free before you commit to more. Tasks need a due date to appear here, so the calendar naturally focuses on scheduled work.

Which view when

• List for working through today and keeping a hand-ordered queue.
• Board when tasks move through stages and you think in terms of started and done.
• Calendar when due dates drive your week.

All three views draw from the same underlying tasks, so nothing gets out of sync when you switch. A task completed on the board is completed in the list and gone from the calendar's open work.