Kanban is a type of [[Views|view]] you can use in [[Introduction to Bases|Bases]]. Select ![[lucide-kanban-square.svg#icon]] **Kanban** from the view menu to display files as cards organized into columns. Each column represents a value of the property used to group results. > [!note] Requires Obsidian 1.14+ > Kanban views are available in Obsidian 1.14 and later. ## Group cards into columns A Kanban view requires a property to group results by. 1. Select **Group** in the toolbar. On phones, select **Display → Group**. 2. Under **Group by**, choose a property. Files without a value for the selected property appear in the **None** column. > [!info] > If you group by a formula or a file property other than `file.folder`, you can't move cards or columns, or create notes from the columns. You can still [[Views#Reorder, hide, and add groups|manage group order and visibility]] in the **Group** menu. ## Work with cards and columns - Drag a card to another column to update the grouped property in that note. Only Markdown notes can be moved between columns, except when grouping by `file.folder`, where moving a card moves the file to that folder. - Select the plus icon in a column heading or ![[lucide-plus.svg#icon]] **New** at the bottom of a column to create a note with that column's value. - Drag a column heading to change the column order. To restore automatic order, open **Group** and choose an automatic sort order instead of **Manual**. - Use **Group** to [[Views#Reorder, hide, and add groups|reorder, hide, or add columns]]. - Use the ![[lucide-list.svg#icon]] **Properties** menu to choose the properties shown on each card. The first property is displayed as the card title. ## Settings Kanban view settings can be configured in [[Views#View settings|View settings]]. - Column width - Image property - Image fit - Image aspect ratio ### Column width Defines the width of each column and its cards. ### Image property Kanban cards support an optional cover image that's displayed at the top of the card. The supported property values are the same as for the [[Cards view#Image property|image property in Cards view]]. ### Image fit If you have an image property configured, this option determines how the image is displayed in the card. - **Cover:** The image fills the card's content box. If it does not fit, the image is cropped. - **Contain:** The image is scaled until it fits within the card's content box. The image is not cropped. ### Image aspect ratio The height of the cover image is determined by its aspect ratio. Adjust this option to make the image shorter or taller.