Board, List, and Timeline Views

Clave gives you three ways to look at issues: a kanban board, a flat list, and a timeline. Each view shows the same issues — you can switch between them at any time without losing data.

Switching views

Click the Display button (gear icon) in the issues toolbar and select Board, List, or Timeline from the layout switcher at the top of the panel. Your choice is remembered for each view context.

You can also press Shift+V to open the Display options panel quickly.

Board view

The board displays issues as cards arranged in columns. By default, columns represent issue statuses.

Columns and statuses

Each column corresponds to a status: Triage, Backlog, Todo, In progress, In review, Done, and Cancelled. Issues move between columns as their status changes.

Moving issues

Drag an issue card from one column to another to change its status. The change saves automatically.

Swimlanes

In board view, you can add a second layer of grouping called swimlanes. Open the Display panel and change the Swimlanes option to group cards by:

• Assignee — Each row shows one team member's cards.
• Priority — Rows separate urgent, high, medium, low, and no-priority issues.
• Sprint — Rows show issues per sprint cycle.
• None (default) — No swimlane grouping.

Adding issues from the board

Click + at the bottom of any column to create a new issue with that column's status pre-set.

List view

The list view shows issues in rows, making it easy to scan and sort large numbers of issues.

Sorting

In list view, you can sort by:

• Manual — Drag rows to reorder manually.
• Status — Alphabetical by status name.
• Priority — Highest priority first.
• Created — Newest first.
• Updated — Most recently modified first.
• Due date — Soonest due date first.

Click the direction toggle next to the ordering selector to switch between ascending and descending.

Grouping

Open the Display panel and change the Grouping option to group issues by status, priority, assignee, project, or sprint. Add a second level with Sub-grouping.

Display properties

Choose which columns appear on each issue row. Toggle individual properties on or off in the Display properties section of the Display panel:

• Identifier
• Priority
• Status
• Labels
• Assignee
• Project
• Sprint
• Estimate
• Due date
• Created date
• Updated date

Show sub-issues

Enable Show sub-issues in the Display panel to display child issues inline beneath their parent in the list.

Timeline view

The timeline shows issues plotted on a horizontal Gantt-style chart based on their due dates and estimated durations.

Reading the timeline

Each issue appears as a bar spanning from its start context to its due date. Issues without dates appear as markers at the current date.

Adjusting dates

Click and drag the edges of an issue bar to extend or shorten its duration. Drag the middle of the bar to shift the entire date range.

Grouping in timeline

The timeline respects the same grouping options as the list view. Group by assignee to see each team member's workload across time, or group by sprint to visualize sprint scope.

Display options reference