Views compared
This page compares the eleven view types and the three view Type values that decide who sees a view. A view shows tasks from its sources without owning them, so the same task can appear in several views at once.
View types
You pick the type in Display Mode when you create a view, and change it later with the Change mode button in the view's header.
| View type | Shows | Good for | Learn more |
|---|---|---|---|
| List | Tasks as rows, optionally grouped | Working through tasks one by one | Filter, sort and group a view |
| Kanban | Tasks as cards in columns, one column per group (by status, for example) | Moving work between stages | Filter, sort and group a view |
| Table | Tasks as rows with a column per field | Comparing and editing many fields at once | Edit tasks in bulk |
| Timeline | Tasks as bars from start date to due date, a Gantt chart | Planning over weeks and months | Timeline: move, resize and add tasks |
| Calendar | Tasks on their dates, by Day, Week, Month or Year | Seeing what falls on which day | Calendar: block time by the hour |
| Dashboard | Widgets: counts, charts, clocks, notes and embedded boards | An overview of progress and load | Build a dashboard |
| Dashboard V2 | Task charts and number cards on a separate grid | Exploring task counts and estimates by status, person or date | Build a dashboard |
| Feed | A stream of events: task changes, comments, time logs, and changes to lists, folders, the workspace and its members | Catching up on what changed | Follow changes across a list or folder |
| Relations | Tasks as a graph of their relations and subtasks | Finding how tasks connect | Relations graph |
| Scrum Poker | An estimation session over the view's tasks | Estimating story points as a team | Estimate with Scrum Poker |
| GTD | Tasks grouped into Up next, Put off and Closed, and a session that clarifies the view's Up next tasks one at a time | Clarifying what you captured (GTD in Hule) | Run a GTD session |
Controls by view type
| View type | Filter | Sort and group | Select several tasks | On mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes |
| Kanban | Yes | Yes, always grouped | Yes* | Yes |
| Table | Yes | Yes | Yes* | No |
| Timeline | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes | Partly (see below) | No | No |
| Dashboard | Task widgets only | Shown, ignored | No | No |
| Dashboard V2 | Yes, plus a Widget filter per chart | No | No | No |
| Feed | Yes | Order only: Newest first or Oldest first in Feed settings | No | No |
| Relations | Yes | Shown on a list's own views, ignored | No | No |
| Scrum Poker | Yes, outside a session | Preview only | No | No |
| GTD | Yes, outside a session | Yes, always grouped | Yes*, outside a session | No |
* Not on a list you can only read; see Read-only lists.
Control limits and access
- Limits. A view holds up to 10 sort rules, and a Table shows up to 30 columns; see Limits. With an 11th sort rule, Hule doesn't save the sort until you remove one.
- Read-only lists. On a list you can only read, the list's own views show Filter but not Sort, Group or task selection.
Exceptions by view type
- Calendar. The grid places longer tasks on top, and timed tasks at their hour, whatever you pick. Group, then Sort, order the +N more list and the Unscheduled panel. Color by in Calendar settings sets the chip color.
- Dashboard. The filter narrows the widgets that show task data; text, image and clock widgets don't use it. Sort and Group are shown, but each widget groups by its own setting.
- Relations. On a list's own views Sort and Group are shown, but the graph ignores them; other Relations views hide them.
- Scrum Poker. Until you press Start session, a member who can start a session sees a preview that sorts and groups like the view's List type; other members see No estimation session yet. The session takes the tasks in the sort order, without the groups. While the session and its summary are on screen, the view's header hides Filter.
Views on mobile
In a phone's browser, Hule uses its mobile layout and draws three view types in their own way:
| View type | On mobile | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| List | Rows; swipe a row to mark it Done (or Reopen it) or to Delete it. The + button adds a task to the list on screen | Create and edit tasks |
| Kanban | One column at a time, with a strip of column tabs above. Hold a card, then tap a column tab to move it there; Add task sits at the foot of a column | Filter, sort and group a view |
| Timeline | A scale of days with a lane per group. Tap a bar for the task's sheet (Open task, Edit dates, More…); hold a bar to drag its dates; No date lists the tasks without dates | Timeline: move, resize and add tasks |
| Any other type | The message This view is only available on a big screen for now | — |
Deleting a task can't be undone
The swipe tray's Delete asks once, then removes the task for good.
Mobile behavior
The ⋮ list menu holds these entries; the last two appear on a Timeline only:
| ⋮ menu entry | Who sees it | View types |
|---|---|---|
| Refresh the list | everyone | List, Kanban, Timeline |
| Sources | everyone | List, Kanban, Timeline |
| Grouping, Sort, Filter | a view you can change | List, Kanban, Timeline |
| Slice (whether the view shows subtasks as rows) | a view you can change, over lists with subtasks | List, Kanban, Timeline |
| Scale | everyone | Timeline |
| Timeline settings | a view you can change | Timeline |
- Switching views. The view picker at the top lists all of the list's views; the ones mobile can't show are marked Soon.
- New views. On a phone you can create a List, Kanban or Timeline view; in Display mode the other types are marked Created on a big screen only.
- Pages with no mobile screen. Settings, the notifications Inbox and other such pages open the list you visited last, or your first list; the rest of the phone layout is in Phone browser.
View access: User, Workspace, List
A view's Type decides who sees it and where its tasks come from. It is set when you create the view. How access flows down the tree: Sharing along the hierarchy.
Type is not view type
Type (User, Workspace, List) decides who sees a view; the view type (List, Kanban…) is picked in Display Mode.
| Type field | Who sees it | Sources | Where you create it | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| User (personal view) | Only you | Any workspaces, folders and lists you pick | New view from the + on your row in User Views New view from the + next to Search Both let you switch Type to Workspace or List | Build your own Today view |
| Workspace | Members with access to its folder; a view at the top of the workspace, every member | Workspaces, folders and lists in this workspace | New view in the menu of a workspace or folder | Share a folder or a list |
| List | Members with access to the list | The one list it was created on | New view in the menu of a list | Set up a list |
A Workspace or List view created with Inherit access off is Private: only people it is shared with see it.
For example, a personal view Today with the sources Work (a workspace) and Home / Errands (a list in another workspace) shows tasks from both workspaces side by side, and only you see it. It can also be your home page.