{"id":654,"date":"2025-02-14T15:25:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=654"},"modified":"2025-02-14T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:25:48","password":"","slug":"task-calendar-display-modes","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/docs\/web-good-day\/task-calendar-display-modes\/","title":{"rendered":"Task calendar display modes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the &#8220;Today&#8221; page and certain date-based views in the &#8220;Tasks&#8221; page, the user has the option of displaying an alternative time based view of tasks instead of the default column based task list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These alternative time-based views of task scheduling are only relevant if the user is interested in allocating a scheduled time to a task.  The &#8216;Edit task&#8217; form has a scheduled time field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"873\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-92.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-92.png 873w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-92-300x283.png 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-92-768x725.png 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-92-360x340.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clicking on the scheduled time clock button will open a popup form that allows the user to choose a day part, or a specific time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-93.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-93.png 438w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-93-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-93-360x305.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By way of example, the default display format for a Tasks page week view is to show one column for each day of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-88-1024x313.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-88-1024x313.png 1024w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-88-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-88-768x235.png 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-88-1536x470.png 1536w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-88-360x110.png 360w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-88.png 1862w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The week view configuration allows this to be changed so that each column can be shown time in different forms.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-89.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-89.png 772w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-89-282x300.png 282w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-89-768x816.png 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-89-360x382.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The content display can be changed to alternatives other than list, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Day parts:  this shows a separate row in each column for &#8216;Morning&#8217; , &#8216;Noon&#8217;, &#8216;Afternoon&#8217; and &#8216;Evening&#8217;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hours:  this shows a separate row in each column at a 30 minute time interval over the day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hours &amp; day parts: this shows a mixture of both day parts and hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Changing the configuration to have a &#8216;Content display&#8217; by &#8216;Day parts&#8217; would have the view refreshed to show each day as two columns:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-90.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-90.png 867w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-90-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-90-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-90-360x233.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first &#8216;Day part&#8217; column shows tasks that have been assigned to either a specific day part or a scheduled time that falls within that day part time range. The second column shows any tasks that do not have a scheduled time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this type of multi-column display a task can be dragged from the &#8216;Any time&#8217; column to a specific day part row   The drag &#8216;n drop action will automatically update the task to have a scheduled time equivalent to the day part into which it was dropped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"842\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94.png 842w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-360x225.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second time-based content display option is &#8216;Hours&#8217;, and in this mode each day is shown as two columns: the first has a row for each half hour of the day,  the second is used to hold tasks that do not have a scheduled time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"874\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-95.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-95.png 874w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-95-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-95-768x745.png 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-95-360x349.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similar drag &#8216;n drop actions can be made from the &#8216;Any time&#8217; area to a specific hour row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The third time-based content display option is &#8216;Hours &amp; day parts&#8217;, and in this mode each day is shown as three columns: the first column has a row for each half hour of the day,  the second column is for day parts, and the third column is used to hold tasks that do not have a scheduled time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tasks can be dragged between the different columns and rows, and will be automatically have their scheduled time set to the row\/column into which it was dropped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the &#8220;Today&#8221; page and certain date-based views in the &#8220;Tasks&#8221; page, the user has the option of displaying an alternative time based view of tasks instead of the default column based task list. 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