List vs Kanban
Two views over the same tasks.
List View
Default. Tasks render as flat or grouped rows with inline editing of:
- Title
- Status
- Priority
- Due date
- Project
- Tags
Tasks linked to notes or filed audio items show a compact related-item indicator at the end of the list row. Hover or focus the row to preview the related item title, then click the indicator to open the note or file viewer. When a task has multiple related items, the indicator opens a small picker.
Click the row body to open the task detail drawer. Inline status and priority controls open their own pickers without opening the drawer.
The due-date chip opens its own picker too: quick presets, a month calendar, and an Add time row below them. On a short window, or for a row near the bottom of the list, the presets and the calendar scroll inside the picker while the time row stays pinned at its foot, so adding a time is always reachable.
In the drawer, the Start date and Due date rows show how far away that date is underneath the date itself. Upcoming dates count days for the first two weeks (in 2 days) and then switch to weeks (in 3 weeks). An overdue task always counts days, never weeks, so 59 days overdue stays easy to gauge. A start date that has already passed reads as elapsed time (Yesterday, 3 days ago) rather than as overdue, because a start date cannot be late. A completed task shows no relative line at all.
Drag the drawer's left edge to resize it; double-click the edge to reset to the default width. The width is remembered across restarts.
Rows can be drag-reordered. Multi-select with shift-click for bulk actions.
When grouping is on, group headers show counts and roll up subtask progress.
When to Use List
- Long triage sessions
- Filtering a large pool of tasks by criteria
- Bulk actions across many tasks
- Cross-project review
Kanban View
Columns reflect statuses. Drag cards across columns to update status.
- Each card shows title, due date, priority, and a subtask progress indicator
- The kanban groups by status by default but can group by other fields
- Empty columns offer "Add task" affordances
When to Use Kanban
- Weekly planning ("what am I doing this week")
- Status-focused workflows (Todo / In Progress / Done)
- Per-project standups
Scope Dropdown
The first control in the tasks toolbar scopes the list by due date, without changing filters:
| Scope | Shows |
|---|---|
| All | Everything that matches current filters |
| Today | Overdue work, then everything due today |
| Tomorrow | Only what is due tomorrow — no overdue backlog |
| Next 7 days | Overdue work, then everything due in the next week |
Each scope carries its open-task count next to its name, and stacks with the project dropdown beside it: pick Work + Tomorrow and you get Work's tomorrow, pick All projects + Tomorrow and you get everybody's.
These scopes are not filters in the saveable sense — they're shortcuts for the most common windows. Kanban is available on All only; the date windows are list-only.
Switching
Use the view toggle in the tasks toolbar. memrynote remembers the last-used view per scope (per project, all-tasks, etc.).
Project View vs All Tasks
Each project has its own list/kanban. A project's kanban uses that project's custom statuses. The All Tasks kanban uses a shared coarse mapping.
Drag Behavior
| In list | In kanban |
|---|---|
| Reorder within a list | Reorder within a column |
| Cross-group drag updates the grouping field | Cross-column drag updates status |
| Multi-select drag moves the whole selection | Same |
See Drag & Drop for the full reference.