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Every view type

The eight ways to look at a Collection — Table, Board, Gallery, Mosaic, Books, Feed, List and Calendar — with a picture of each and when to use it.

A view is a way to look at the entries of a Collection. The entries stay the same — only the layout changes. Your tasks can be a table today and a Kanban board tomorrow.

A Collection can have many views. Each one keeps its own filters, sort and design.

All views at a glance

Switch, add and manage views

The view bar sits at the top of every Collection.

  • Click a view to switch to it.
  • + adds a new view. Pick a type from the menu.
  • Click the view you are on to open its menu: Rename, Duplicate, View settings, Property visibility, Move left, Move right and Delete.
  • Double-click a view to rename it. Drag it to change the order.
The view bar with the plus menu open, listing Board, Gallery, Mosaic, Books, Feed, List and Calendar
Add a view from the + menu.

The app remembers the last view you used on each Collection, on this device. The view is also in the page link, so you can bookmark it or share it.

Filter, sort and settings

Every view has the same tools at the right of the view bar:

  • Filter — show only some entries, like Status is not Done.
  • Sort — choose the order, like Due date, earliest first.
  • Edit view — opens the View settings side panel with everything else. Layout changes the view's type. Properties picks which properties show. Group, View style and the card style set the look. Open entries picks Side peek, Center peek or Full page.
  • New — add an entry right into this view.

Filters and sorts belong to the view, so two views of one Collection can show different things. More detail in Views in depth.

Table

A spreadsheet. One row per entry and one column per property. Click any cell to edit it. Every Collection starts with a Table, and you can't delete that one.

Use it when you want to see and change a lot of data fast.

Tasks in a Table view with columns for Status, Priority, Due, Done and Area
Tasks as a Table.

Board

Cards in columns, like a Kanban board. The columns come from one property — usually a Tags property like Status. Drag a card to another column and its value changes to match.

  • Add a card straight into a column with + New at the bottom, or + at the top.
  • Add a new column with New group.
  • Collapse or hide columns you don't need.
  • You can also group by a Checkbox, a Date & time or a Relation.

Use it when things move through stages: tasks, job applications, a reading list.

Tasks on a Board with columns To do, Doing, Done and Parked
Tasks on a Board, grouped by Status.

Mosaic

A flowing wall of pictures, like Pinterest. Each card keeps the true shape of its picture — tall pictures make tall cards.

Use it when you want your photos to shine: meals, trips, progress pictures.

Meal photos in a Mosaic view, each card as tall as its photo
Food as a Mosaic.

Books

A bookshelf. Each entry becomes a book with its picture as the front cover.

Use it when you track books, comics, albums or films.

Books shown as hardcover covers on a shelf
Books on a shelf.

Feed

Your entries as full cards, newest first, with a label for each day, like Today and Yesterday. It looks like your Log, but only for this Collection.

Use it when you want to read back through time: a journal, sleep, workouts.

Journal entries as full cards in a Feed, newest first
Journal as a Feed.

List

Compact rows you can scan and tick off. Each row has its own small design, so you can put a tick box and a tag right on the row. Click a row's › arrow to open it in place. Drag rows to reorder them when the list has no sort. A List can be grouped too.

Use it when you want a clean to-do or habit list.

Habits in a List view with a tick box on each row
Habits as a List.

Calendar

Your entries on the days they happen, on the same grid as the main Calendar. Click an empty slot to add an entry there. Drag a block to move it.

Entries are placed by a Date & time property with Show on calendar turned on, or by the sessions of a Stopwatch or Timer. Turn on Show all entries as dots in View settings → Calendar to also see every other entry as a small icon on its day. Choose Show on calendar in the view's menu to add it to the main Calendar page.

Use it when dates matter: due dates, events, plans.

Tasks placed on a month calendar by their Due date
Tasks on a Calendar, by Due date.

Design the cards

In Board, Gallery, Mosaic, Books, Feed, List and Calendar, each entry is a card. You choose what the card shows and how it looks — which properties, their size and their place. Open View settings and pick the card style row, like Board card style or List row style. Or see Customizing the card.

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