Timeline View

The Timeline View is a Gantt-style visualization designed for long-range planning and dependency management. It provides a horizontal perspective on your schedule, making it easy to spot bottlenecks and overlapping deliverables.

Interface Components

The Grid: A horizontal time axis that can be scaled from daily to monthly views.
Project/Task Bars: Colorful bars representing the duration of each Project or Task.
Dependency Lines: Visual bridges connecting bars to show sequential requirements.

Professional Scheduling

The Timeline is more than a static chart; it is a dynamic planning tool:

Drag & Drop Re-scheduling: Click and drag any bar to move it to a new date. The system will automatically calculate the new start and end points.
Edge Resizing: Hover over the beginning or end of a bar and drag to extend or shorten the duration.
Dependency Linking: Click the circular handle on the end of one task and drag it to the beginning of another to create a dependency.

Creating Tasks

Inline Create: Each group in the timeline has an inline create row. Click the + button within any group to create a task that automatically inherits that group’s status or assignee.
Empty View Create: If the timeline is empty, a prompt lets you create your first task directly.
Unscheduled Tasks: Tasks without dates appear in a dedicated section and can be dragged onto the timeline to assign dates.
Context Menu: Right-click on the timeline for quick actions including task creation and editing.

Semantic Zooming: Use the + and - controls in the header (or pinch-to-zoom on a trackpad) to change the time scale. Cuevue semantically adjusts the grid density to maintain readability.
Today Button: Quickly snap the view back to the current date.

Organizing the Timeline

Grouping & Filtering

You can organize the vertical axis of the timeline to fit your current needs:

Group by Status: See your projects organized by their stage in the production pipeline (e.g., “In Progress”, “In Review”).
Group by Assignee: View individual workloads and identify team members who might be over-leveraged.

Color Modes

Customize the appearance of your bars:

By Status: Bars match the color of their current status (e.g., Green for “Approved”).
By Entity: Projects use the Space’s primary color, while Subtasks use a secondary shade.

[!TIP] Double-click any bar in the timeline to open the Quick-Edit Drawer, where you can update titles, assignees, and custom fields without leaving the view.

Mobile Timeline

On phones and narrow tablets the timeline switches to a stacked layout where each task occupies its own row. Bars no longer overlap inside a shared lane, which makes it easier to read the schedule and tap a specific item with a thumb. Drag, resize, and the Today snap all work the same as on desktop.