v3.16 Cards/Kanban View and Notes Table on iOS
The Notes Table is coming to iPhone and iPad and we are introducing a new view: "Cards", which lets you build Kanban boards from your notes.

This NotePlan update brings you the all-new Card View (Kanban!) and the powerful Notes Table, now available on iPhone and iPad. These features are designed to help you visualize projects and notes, making planning and productivity smoother than ever.
Kanban Board

You can build a Kanban board by using the new view style "Cards". If you group your notes in this view, you will get a Kanban view.
How to get started?
The Cards view is part of the Notes Table. Open any folder and set the view style using the menu button (on iOS) or the toolbar (on Mac) at the top from "List" to "Cards".

Next step is to group your cards. Select "Group by" in the toolbar (Mac), or menu (iOS) and choose a value.

Now your notes are grouped into columns.
If you are not using Frontmatter in your notes, you won't see many "Group by" values besides the defaults. For a real Kanban board, you would need to add properties like "Status" with values like "To Do", "Doing", "Done" (at least).
Add these properties as Frontmatter to your notes to make them available in the "Group By" drop down.
What is Frontmatter?
Frontmatter is metadata added at the top of your notes (before the title), enclosed within triple dashes (---). This metadata can include fields like tags, dates, or status values. For example, you can add status: To Do to a note to group it in the "To Do" column.
Example:
---
status: To Do
---
# Note Title
Notes Table on iPhone and iPad
The Notes Table is now also available on iPhone and iPad. It's also powered by frontmatter, so you can add custom fields besides the defaults of title, folder, date and tags.

Key Features:
- Group, sort, filter, and manage all your notes in an organized table layout.
- Quickly locate notes, sort by date, or apply filters to find exactly what you need.
- Change existing fields quickly without having to open the note.
To use the Notes Table:
- Click/Tap on a folder to open the Notes Table. (Note: On iOS tapping on a folder expanded the folder previously, now you need to tap on the chevron/arrow icon on the right to expand it).
- Customize your view by sorting and filtering to keep an overview of your projects.
Perfect for staying organized on the go!
Other Improvements
- Improved Obsidian import for a smoother experience.
- Fixed a crash when clicking on weekly or monthly notes.
- Improved detection of frontmatter when empty lines appear before it.
- Prevent a crash when closing HTML plugin windows.
- Fixed copying links to synced lines.
- Updated the design of timeblock notifications to be slimmer.
- Fixed Web Views not deinitializing when closed.
- References that are collapsed in the original note now display correctly, without unwanted ellipses.
- Fixed saving tables with short headings that resulted in invalid Markdown.
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