Mobile 3.0 - Remove the need to horizontally scroll to see Custom Fields or Task Dates (and other details)
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Elias
Details written by Joey:
Problem: To see dates, you need to scroll. This makes it hard to see the task high level. This also applies to Custom Fields.
Perhaps we can always show filled-in fields?
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Joey
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Joey
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Bring back vertical Custom Field list in Mobile 3.0 Task View
I find the new Custom Field layout on Mobile 3.0 Task View to be far less productive and easy to use than the 2.0 version.
Having to scroll right, whilst also checking multiple rows of custom fields, which are also truncated, is a really slow process.
Further, it's completely different to the desktop version, which is vertical.
I don't really see a problem with the 2.0 version, which was vertical like the desktop version, respected the order set on desktop (which mobile 3.0 does not, especially with there being 2 or 3 rows), did not truncate anything, was quick to use, made it visually very clear and easy to see which custom fields were set and with what values, and was overall a far faster, more productive, and information-rich way of entering and viewing custom field entries.
It feels a lot like change for change's sake, rather than being a productivity-boosting decision.
I would really like for it to just mimic the desktop set up - i.e., show pinned items, regardless of if they have entries, show non-pinned items that do have entries, then click "see more" to see custom fields that aren't pinned and have no entries. So basically how it was in Mobile 2.0 Task View.
It's fast and it works.
Joey
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We are fixing this!
Samuel Schneider
Joey: on Smartphone i prefer all the stuff to be aligned vertical. But on tablet I prefer the tabs. If not it takes on tablet to much white space.
Joey
Merged in a post:
🎨 Consider wrapping the status-area chips
Like the new custom field section wraps into 3 rows, it might be nice to have all the items in the status/assignee/tags/etc (standard fields?) area wrap as well, possibly without any overflow to the right. I think even more than the custom fields, it makes sense to have all that information visible in the same page - or at least, the standard fields with content (someone assigned, due date specified, etc). Definitely something I'd be interested in a UI mock-up of.
Carson
As a nod to the new UI, it does a good job of displaying a lot of information compactly. I'm still feeling it out - I'm not sure whether v2 or v3 is better.
Yair Adi
Carson: I agree with you. I liked the more compact design in 3.0 but in the update from Nov 19th things get worse: more space wasted. More list layout in header and custom fields.
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Carson
For custom fields, this request is relevant, and would help keep the task page cleaner: https://clickup.canny.io/feature-requests/p/option-to-always-show-hide-when-empty-or-always-hide-custom-fields-in-task-view
Carson
We could also wrap that section instead of extending it off to the right. This is a tricky UI problem for sure.