Kanban Board App

Kanban style task management board app

https://shellyln.github.io/knbn/#/

Features

• Manage tasks with multiple boards
• Manage tasks in team / story lanes
• Synchronize multiple device boards with CouchDB remote server
• Customize the appearance and behavior of the board and kanban in the configuration editor view
• Write kanban in Markdown syntax
• Add QR Code to kanban
• Calendar view
• Dark mode
• PWA (if building with the feature enabled)
  • See src/index.tsx
• Signage mode (Auto update & Go around)
  • See display.autoUpdate and display.goAround settings.

Requirements

Browsers

• Google Chrome: latest
• Firefox: latest
• Safari: latest

Showcase

Kanban board view

Calendar view

Configuration editor view

Board Gallery

See docs/gallery.md to get board templates.

• Basic Kanban board
• Empathy Map
• Business Model Canvas
• SWOT analysis
• Rota

Getting started

1. Go https://shellyln.github.io/knbn/#/
2. Create IBM Cloud Lite account to get managed CouchDB server (IBM Cloudant®)
   • Sign up for IBM Cloud
   • Get Started With Cloudant in IBM Cloud
3. Setup remote server configurations on Settings view

Deploying to your site

git clone https://github.com/shellyln/kanban-board-app.git
cd kanban-board-app
npm ci

vi package.json
# and edit "homepage" entry. see https://create-react-app.dev/docs/deployment

vi src/index.tsx
# and enable "serviceWorker.register()" if you want.

npm run build

and deploy ./build/* to your site.

For more informations, see README-scripts.md and Create React App deployment docs.

Settings

App Settings

Tap or Click Settings menu item of drawer and edit YAML text.

Key	Description
remote.endpointUrl	CouchDB / Cloudant External Endpoint URL w/ DB name. e.g. https://???-bluemix.cloudant.com/mydb
remote.user	CouchDB / Cloudant user name or API Key
remote.password	CouchDB / Cloudant password
display.autoUpdate	If true, periodic automatic update of the currently displayed board is enabled.
display.autoUpdateInterval	Periodic automatic update interval in seconds.
display.goAround	If true, move the active board to the next when periodic automatic updates are triggered.

Board Settings

Tap or Click Editor menu item of drawer and edit YAML text.

Key	Description
name	Board name
taskStatuses[i].value	Internal value for this status.
taskStatuses[i].caption	Caption for displaying this status.
taskStatuses[i].className	CSS clas name for this status.
taskStatuses[i].completed	If true, this status represents a completed task.
teamOrStories[i].value	Internal value for this lane.
teamOrStories[i].caption	Caption for displaying this lane.
teamOrStories[i].className	CSS clas name for this lane.
tags[i].value	Internal value for this tag.
tags[i].className	CSS clas name for this tag.
displayBarcode	If true, displays the barcode (QR code) field of the kanban.
displayMemo	If true, displays the memo field of the kanban.
displayFlags	If true, displays the flags field of the kanban.
displayTags	If true, displays the tags field of the kanban.
preferArchive	If true, displays the Archive button in the kanban edit dialog instead of the Delete button.
boardStyle	CSS styles for board view.
calendarStyle	CSS styles for calendar view.
boardNote	Board note
records[i]._id	Id of the kanban record.
records[i].dueDate	Due date of the kanban record.
records[i].taskStatus	Task status internal value of the kanban record.
records[i].teamOrStory	Lane internal value of the kanban record.
records[i].flags[j]	Flags of the kanban record. (separate with commas) Effective flags:     Archived: archived kanban record.     Marked: important or watched kanban record. display a pin (📍) icon.
records[i].tags[j]	Tags of the kanban record. (separate with commas)
records[i].description	Description of the kanban record. (Markdown syntax)
records[i].barcode	Barcode (QR code) value of the kanban record.
records[i].memo	Kanban record notes. This field is not displayed on the kanban.

Export / Import a board

Follow the steps below to import the board.

Export

1. Open the Editor view of the board you want to export.
2. Copy all configuration text.

Import

1. Click New board... to create a board.
2. Open the Editor view of the board that created.
3. Paste the configuration text and click the Save button.

Kanban item IDs will be regenerated. You don't care.

Integrations

Export task schedules to Google Calendar

See kanban-board-calendar-exporter.

Tips

Change kanban stickys and status lanes width

Paste to the boardStyle of the configuration text.

.KanbanBoardView-sticky-note {width: 100px}
.KanbanBoardView-header-cell-task-statuses {min-width: 160px}

Limit the height of kanban stickys

Paste to the boardStyle of the configuration text.

.KanbanBoardView-sticky-description {
    max-height: 170px;
    overflow-y: auto;
    scrollbar-width: thin;
}
.KanbanBoardView-sticky-description::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 10px;
}

Display background text in the table cell

Paste to the boardStyle of the configuration text.

table.KanbanBoardView-board td.status-backlog.team-or-story-team-b {
    padding-top: 35px;
    background: url('data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 250 35"><rect x="0" y="0" width="250" height="35" fill="yellow"/><text font-size="14pt" x="5" y="5" font-family="sans-serif" dominant-baseline="text-before-edge" fill="gray">Cell Background Text</text></svg>') no-repeat left top;
    background-size: 250px 35px;
}

FAQ

• I want to use with multiple board list. (personal, family, at work, ...)
  • You should be deployed to multiple subdirectories or multiple subdomains.
  • Or you can do it with multiple browser user profiles.

License

ISC
Copyright (c) 2019 Shellyl_N and Authors.