Right now the width of the column in Gantt View that shows the name of a task list or the task inside it is hardcoded to be a certain width. There are no options to resize the column. This means that any task name that is greater than that width is effectively cut off.
The only way to view the full task name is to expand the right hand side task view. In Timeline View you can at least hover over the task name to see it in full, but that isn’t possible in Gantt View. Instead hovering over it triggers the ability to rename the task (which you can’t see in full so how would you know what it is you’re renaming from and to?).
Please add the ability to resize the columns or at least show the task list and task names in full.Yes it will eat away into the Gantt calendar but at least the user will be able to see what it is that the task is about.
Yes fully agree. Our preference would be to have the option to see the name of the task on the horizontal bar, like in timeline view. And to make that an option that you can turn on or off in the customisation area. We would have it on always. It help with readability as you know what task you are looking at. It also helps with screenshots, which is how we export from Gantt view
Yes, this has got MUCH worse with the introduction of the wide ‘Blocked by’ column set by default now instead of the narrower ‘Duration’ column which used to be the default. Not sure whether this is an A/B test or not but it’s really not helpful.
There is actually a way to resize the columns but it’s not very intuitive.. you will get a blue resize line when you hover your mouse between the last column (in this case, Blocked by) and the canvas.
Yes it seems to have been fixed quietly in as far as that column became resizeable and options have appeared to choose which columns should appear. I am thankful that this change finally got some traction.
I wasn’t able to resize the list view on the left side of the gantt chart. Can you share how to do that? I basically can’t see my gantt because of this.
@Richard_Sather , is it possible to feed back to the Asana product team that Blocked By and Duration should be turned off by default rather than turned on? I can understand the logic in having them turned on, but the majority of users seem to want more screen real estate rather than those columns.
Hi @Igor_K , I don’t work for Asana - I’m a volunteer forum leader. However, I get a chance to speak to Asana PMs from time to time so I will definitely bring this up.
