Timing Bar

The timing bar includes flags that indicate the start times of tasks in the Gantt Chart. The color of the flags complies with the status of the tasks.

The number of tasks is shown as a tooltip text next to the flag (see illustration) if several tasks have the same start time or if several flags overlap because of the selected zoom factor.

A dotted line displays if you click on a flag (reference line).

Overlapping Flags

The priority of tasks is decisive for the order of tasks whose flags overlap.
The order of priorities depends on the task types and the following rules apply: Parent objects are of a higher priority than single tasks.
The following order applies depending on the particular task states (from high to low priority): active, upcoming, canceled, completed, scheduled.

The illustration shows two overlapping flags that include two tasks each: In the first overlapping flag, the task with the Canceled status has a higher priority and in the second flag, the Active status is given priority.

Reference Line

The reference line is a dotted vertical line that signals the exact time of the tasks' flags in the Gantt Chart. This function is helpful if a flag refers to several tabs and the user searches for a particular task.

You can select from two options to have reference lines displayed:

• Select the required flags in the timing bar using the left mouse button. By keeping the CTRL key pressed, you can use the multi-selection function.
  
  
  The reference lines are displayed in gray. You can undo your selection and the line view by left-clicking an empty area in the timing bar.
  
• Open a flag's context menu (right-click) and select the Show Reference Line command. The reference line is shown in black.
  To hide this line, use the Hide Reference Line command in the context menu.

Popup Menu of Task Flags

To open the context menu, right-click a task flag. You can only open the context menu of one flag.

Show Hide Reference Line:
Shows or hides the reference line of a task flag. Lines that are shown by using the popup-menu command can only be hidden by using the corresponding popup-menu command.

Center View:
Centers the view of the selected task flag.