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Gantt Charts for Project Tasks

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Written by Asia Ali
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The Gantt Chart provides a powerful, visual way to plan, track, and manage project tasks over time. This view improves project visibility, enables smarter scheduling, and supports stronger collaboration by allowing teams to view tasks on a timeline, manage dependencies, and make real-time adjustments as plans evolve.

Accessing the Gantt Chart

You can access the Gantt Chart directly from the Project > Tasks page.
Use the option in the top-right corner to switch between the standard List View and the Gantt View.

Timeline Visualization

The Gantt Chart displays your project tasks across a visual timeline.

  • The timeline is shown in weekly intervals, with individual days visible within each week.

  • Tasks are automatically ordered chronologically by start date, so work appears in sequence.

  • Each task appears as a timeline bar, with its color indicating the task’s status.

  • The Task Info panel on the left is resizable. Drag the panel border to adjust how much space is dedicated to task details vs. the timeline.

Viewing & Editing Tasks on the Timeline

You can interact with tasks directly on the timeline for fast and intuitive scheduling.

Open a task

Click the task name or task bar to open the task’s details in a new browser tab.

Reschedule a task

You can update a task’s dates by:

  • Dragging the entire bar to move both start and end dates at once.

  • Extending or shortening either edge to increase or decrease the task duration.

Scheduling tasks without dates

Unscheduled tasks appear at the bottom of the list.


To schedule one:

  1. Click any date on the timeline.

  2. A one-day task bar will appear.

  3. Drag to adjust the start date or extend the duration as needed.

Managing Task Dependencies

Dependencies show how tasks relate to each other—specifically, which tasks must be completed before others can begin.

How dependencies appear

  • Solid lines indicate active dependencies between tasks.

  • Dotted lines appear when at least one of the connected tasks is completed.

  • A dependency icon on the task bar shows that the task has at least one dependency.

Viewing or removing dependencies

Click the dependency icon on a task bar to open a menu where you can:

  • View all dependencies associated with the task.

  • Remove a dependency by clicking the × next to its name.

Creating New Dependencies

You can create dependencies visually by drawing a connection between tasks.

To create a dependency:

  1. Locate the right-side node on the task that blocks another task.

  2. Click and drag the connector line from this node.

  3. Drop it onto the task that is blocked.

Example:
If Task A must be completed before Task B can begin, start the connection from Task A and drop it onto Task B.

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