# Tasks

Tasks are notes about what still needs doing in a pack: "fix the collar clipping", "add a red colourway". A task can belong to one garment or to the whole project, and every task sits on a board with columns you name yourself. Tasks are free and need no account when you work alone.

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The task list is kept beside the project, so a project has to be saved to a folder before it can have tasks.
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## Adding a task

There are several ways in.

| Where | What the task is about |
| --- | --- |
| Right-click an item > **Add task…** | That item. |
| Select several items, right-click > **Add task to N items…** | Each selected item gets the same task. |
| **Add task** in the item editor | The item you are editing. |
| **Add a card** at the bottom of a board column | The whole project (shown as **Project** on the card). |

The first three open the **Add task** dialog. Type what needs doing in **What needs doing?**. If the board has columns, choose one under **Column**. Press `Enter` or click **Add task**.

Items with open tasks show an amber dot in the item list. Hover it to see up to five of them.

## The board

Click **Board** in the top bar to swap the 3D preview for the board. Click it again to go back; the selected item and texture are exactly where you left them.

A board is the columns you name: "Must have", "Second phase", whatever the pack needs this week. Until you make one, every task is shown in a single **Tasks** column.

### Columns

- **New column** (to the right of the last column) adds one. Type a name and press `Enter`.
- The column's **Column options** menu lets you **Rename** it, pick a **Colour** (Amber, Red, Green, Blue, Violet, Pink or Neutral), **Edit note** to say what belongs in it, or **Delete column**.
- Deleting a column never deletes its cards. They move to another column, and the dialog says where.
- A column's count shows open cards only.

### Cards

- **Drag** a card onto another column to move it.
- **Mark done** ticks it off. Finished cards stay visible below the open ones.
- **Remove this card** deletes it.
- Click the item name on a card to jump to that item. The board closes and the preview shows it.
- A card whose item was deleted is marked **Item deleted**. It is kept, because deleting a garment is not a decision about the notes written against it.

## Working with a team

When a project is shared through a [party](/cloth-tool/about-the-tool/team-collaboration) and you are signed in with Discord, the task list is shared with everyone in it, and each card also shows who added it. Parties are a Premium feature; the task list itself is not.

## Related pages

- [Team Collaboration](/cloth-tool/about-the-tool/team-collaboration)
- [Interface](/cloth-tool/about-the-tool/interface)
- [Mass Edit](/cloth-tool/about-the-tool/mass-edit)
- [Friends](/cloth-tool/about-the-tool/friends)