Status View (Kanban)

The Status View displays your tasks in a Kanban board format, organized into columns based on their status. This allows for a visual workflow management where you can easily track task progress.

Open the status view

1. Open the Task Genius View.
2. Select Status nav item in the left sidebar.
3. You will see the tasks grouped by status in the right panel.

Usage

Columns

• Each column represents a specific task status defined in your settings (e.g., "Todo", "In Progress", "Done"). Based on the status of task itself.
• The order of the columns follows the taskStatusCycle setting, typically grouping standard statuses, then custom statuses, and finally completed statuses (marked with 'x').
• Tasks within each column are sorted primarily by priority (highest first) and secondarily by due date (earliest first).

Drag and Drop

• You can move tasks between columns by clicking and dragging them.
• Dropping a task into a new column will update the task's status to match the status of that column.
• Visual indicators appear during dragging to show where the task will be placed.

Filtering

Above the Kanban board, filter controls allow you to narrow down the displayed tasks.

1. Click the Add filter button to open a dropdown.
2. Select a category to filter by (e.g., Tag, Priority, Project).
3. Select the specific value within that category (e.g., #urgent, 🔺 Highest, MyProject).
4. Available filter categories and options are dynamically generated based on the tasks currently loaded.
5. Active filters are displayed as removable "pills" above the board (via ).
6. You can add multiple filters. Tasks must match all active filters to be displayed.
7. Click the Clear all button to remove all active filters at once.
8. The filterable criteria include:

• Status
• Tag
• Project
• Context
• Priority (often represented by icons like 🔺, ⏫, 🔼)
• Completed (Yes/No)
• File Path

9. Applying, adding, or removing filters dynamically updates the Kanban board.

Settings

You can read more about the settings in the Basic view settings page.

Specific settings

Show Checkbox: When enabled, displays a checkbox for each task in the kanban view, allowing you to mark tasks as complete directly from the board.