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The Timeline view: drag to reschedule, and back-scheduling

2 min read · Updated Jul 21, 2026

Timeline is Current's Gantt-style view — every task in the project laid out as a bar against the calendar, so you can see the whole schedule and reshape it by dragging.

The Timeline. Drag a bar to move a task; everything downstream of it reschedules with it.

Reading the bars

Each task's bar spans its start and end date. Milestone tasks render differently from ordinary task bars so they stand out at a glance — see "Milestones: what they are and where they show up".

Drag to reschedule

If you can manage projects, you can drag any bar to move its dates. Current snaps the result so a drag never lands the bar on a weekend or holiday. The Schedule and Calendar views now snap a dragged task the same way, so a start date can't slip onto a weekend on those views either — and a weekend date can't be pushed out to your PSA by accident.

  1. 1
    Click and drag a bar
    You'll see a live preview of the new dates as you drag.
  2. 2
    Release to drop
    Current calculates the new start and end, adjusted to the nearest working day.
  3. 3
    Respond to the cascade-confirm prompt
    If other tasks depend on this one, Current shows how many downstream tasks would need to move too, and asks you to confirm before applying anything.
  4. 4
    Confirm
    Current applies the new dates to this task and, if you agreed, the downstream chain — and pushes the change to your PSA on the next sync for PSA-synced projects.
Tip
A drag isn't the same as a click
If you drag a bar and then release, Current won't also open the task drawer — a genuine drag and a click-to-open are handled separately, so you don't get an unwanted popup after every reschedule.

Back-scheduling from a deadline

The Timeline also supports back-scheduling: pick a deadline and Current reverse-schedules every task to the latest dates that still hit it. It never silently violates a dependency that reaches into another project — cross-project links are honored on both sides. See "What is a critical path (and how Current finds it)" for the scheduling math behind this.

Note
The "dependencies out of order" repair stays in this project
When tasks in this project have drifted out of dependency order, the Timeline offers a one-click repair. It only ever moves tasks in the project you're viewing — never something in another project you happen to link to — and it lists every date it would change, by task name, before you apply anything. Nothing moves until you confirm.
Note
Very large workspaces get an honest heads-up
On a huge workspace, if the Timeline (or the Board or List) has to stop short of loading every single task, it shows a calm note that not everything is displayed and how to narrow the view — rather than quietly cutting off. A normal project never sees it.
Heads up
Rescheduling touches your PSA
On a PSA-synced project, confirmed date moves push through to your PSA. Double-check the cascade-confirm summary before confirming a large chain move.
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