Viewing Tasks

You can organize your view of tasks in several ways.

Viewing Tasks in the Tasks Pane

By default, tasks are sorted by their Start Date.

To sort the tasks by column, click the column that you want to sort the tasks on.

To change whether the tasks are displayed in ascending or descending order, either:

Note: Note
When you sort the tasks by column, the tasks are marked as changed. Sorting tasks by column does not change the data in project tasks, it changes the order in which they are displayed within the current context.

To change the columns shown:

  1. Click a context menu button in a column heading.
  2. Hover over Columns.
  3. Select the columns that you want to display and deselect the columns that you want to hide.

To display all project tasks, click Expand Tree.

To hide all tasks except top-level tasks, click Collapse Tree.

Note: Note
Project Task Gantt remembers any changes that you have made to the column layout or sort order, even if you switch to managing a different project. Because this works by saving a cookie to your machine, the default column layout redisplays if you access Project Task Gantt using a different browser.

Viewing Tasks in the Schedule Pane

In the Schedule pane project tasksClosed are shown as a solid bar and checkpointClosed tasks are shown as a circle .

To view the details of a task in the Schedule pane, hover over the task bar of the task that you want to view the details of.

Tip:

When a task is located in the upper portion of the Schedule pane and there are many fields in field sets used for tooltips, the tooltip obscures the task. Ask your administrator to reduce the number of fields in tooltips, or disable tooltips in the Schedule pane. For more information about configuring tooltips, see "Tooltip Field Set" settings in Project Task Gantt Settings and Preferences.

Viewing and Editing Task Details in the Task Editor popup

To view and edit task details in the Task Editor popup, double-click the applicable task in the Schedule Pane.