Task Cards
One task, one card. Add only as much detail as you need.
Cards are the basic unit of work in toodoori. Every card that moves across the kanban board is a task card: start light with just a title, then add detail as the work takes shape. There’s no need to fill in every field up front.
Where a card opens
Click a card and a detail panel opens on the right of the board. It isn’t a window covering the middle of the screen, so you can keep an eye on the board while you work on the card; on a narrow screen it expands to full width instead.
The panel runs as a single column, and only what currently holds a value is expanded. Tools that are still empty stay below as small chips and open in place when you click one. Fields you don’t use don’t take up room as empty boxes, while what you could still add stays visible.
What a card can hold
Open a task card and you can attach any of the following, whenever the work calls for it.
- Due date, priority, stage: always together at the top of the panel — by when, how much it matters, and which column it’s in right now.
- Content: the body where you write what this card is.
- Checklist: break a big task into smaller steps, checking them off one by one to see how far you’ve come.
- Subtasks: split one card into a few threads to handle separately.
- Attachments: keep reference files on the card. Images, PDFs, and markdown are read in place as a preview rather than downloaded.
- Relations: tie a card to another as blocking, depending on, or related.
- Labels & sub-project: classify on your own terms, like ‘Study’ or ‘Home,’ or gather several tasks into one thread.
- Notes: add memos in order as the work moves along.
- Schedule & records: expected versus actual dates, plus a band of color showing which columns this card passed through and for how long.
Which tools you use is per project. The order they appear in is set by the app; you only turn them on and off. See Make It Yours for details.
Checklists and subtasks
They look similar but serve different needs. A checklist is good for ticking off the small steps you pass through inside one card, in order. Subtasks are for when a single card splits into several threads that each need handling on their own. Reach for a checklist to track steps, and for subtasks to divide threads.
Why start light
Having to settle a due date and a category every time you write something down makes starting feel heavy. toodoori lets you create a card from a single line of title, so you can capture a thought quickly. Organizing and detail can follow naturally as the work actually moves along. The fields you leave empty are fine left empty.
How you group and find cards by label or due date is covered in Organizing & Finding. To see how a card moves between stages on the board, visit the Kanban Board.
Worth reading next
- What is Personal Kanban? — the thinking behind using cards and boards for personal work
- Getting Started with toodoori — creating your first card and filling out the board