Timeline

The timeline puts the tasks of a project on a calendar so you can see dates and dependencies together.

Dates on one screen

Each task with a start and a due date appears as a bar. Zoom from a week to a year to see the sprint or the whole release. Today is marked, and the bars of finished tasks are dimmed so that what is left stands out.

Dependencies

Draw a line from one task to another to say the second cannot start until the first is done. When the first task slips, Stackly moves the dates of the tasks that depend on it. Dependencies shipped in version 4.8 and are switched on per workspace in Settings.

Reachable by keyboard

The timeline is drawn on a canvas for speed, and the same tasks are kept in a hidden list so that the arrow keys, Enter and screen readers reach every bar. The blog post on how we built the timeline view describes the approach.

Share the plan

A timeline can be shared as a read-only link with guests, who can view and comment. Release managers use it to answer the question of when something ships, and the answer is always the same as the board.