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Gantt View

Pro Feature

The Gantt tab requires Prisma Calendar Pro.

The Gantt tab renders all events as horizontal bars on a date timeline, with dependency arrows between prerequisite pairs.

Prerequisites

Events must have the Prerequisite property configured. See Properties for setup. The property stores wiki-links to other event notes (e.g. [[Team Meeting]]).

Toolbar

The toolbar sits above the chart and contains navigation, event creation, and filtering controls.

  • « / ‹ buttons: Move the viewport back by one month or one week.
  • Today button: Centers the chart on the current date.
  • › / » buttons: Move the viewport forward by one week or one month.
  • Drag to pan: Left-click and drag anywhere on the canvas to scroll horizontally and vertically.

Create Button

Click Create to open the event creation modal directly from the Gantt view.

The Gantt toolbar includes the same filter bar available in all views — filter preset dropdown, expression filter, and search bar. See Rules & Filters for details on filtering syntax and presets.

Context Menu

Right-click any bar to open the context menu. The menu is fully customizable — reorder items, rename labels, change icons, and show/hide actions. See Context Menu for customization details.

Bar Context Menu

ActionDescription
EnlargeOpens the event preview modal.
Edit eventOpens the event edit modal.
Open fileOpens the event's note in the editor.
Open file in new windowOpens the event's note in a new Obsidian window.
Mark as doneToggles the event's done status. Shows "Mark as undone" if already done.
Skip eventToggles the event's skip status.
Assign prerequisitesEnters prerequisite selection mode — click another bar on the chart to assign it as a prerequisite. Press Escape or click Cancel to exit.
Assign categoriesOpens the category assignment modal.
DuplicateCreates a copy of the event.
Delete eventDeletes the event.

Arrow Context Menu

Right-click any dependency arrow to see the connection it represents (e.g. "Remove: Event A → Event B"). Clicking the item removes that prerequisite relationship.

Click to Preview

Click any bar to open the event preview modal with full event details.

Colors

Bars are colored using the same Color Rules as the calendar view. Integration events (CalDAV, ICS) use their configured integration color.

Layout

The chart fills the full height of the tab. Events from independent prerequisite chains are packed into shared rows when their time ranges don't overlap, keeping the layout compact. Within a chain, dependent events are always placed below their prerequisites.

Bar width reflects the event's title length with padding, capped at a maximum width. Long event titles word-wrap inside the bar.

Performance

Prerequisite relationships are tracked incrementally — when you add, edit, or delete an event, only that event's prerequisites are updated instead of rebuilding the entire dependency graph. This keeps the Gantt tab responsive even with large vaults.