What's New InLoox 11.11

^{June 10, 2024}

Improvements & New features in Gantt planning

Visual upgrade

Introduction of abbreviations: The layout is now more compact, as dates and durations are now only displayed numerically. Units are abbreviated, e.g. “h” for hours in the “Effort” column and “d” for working days in the “Duration” column (read explanations of the columns in the corresponding help article »). This provides more space for important information and a better overview of the planning.
Different bar heights: The height of the bars of activities and tasks is now different. Task bars are narrower, which visually distinguishes tasks from activities.
Color adjustments: Lines for plan start and plan end are more discreet. Important project information is no longer covered by flags of these lines.

Improved usability

Show/hide areas: You will now find two arrows on the boundary line between the planning list on the left and the Gantt chart in the calendar view on the right. These arrows allow you to hide the respective areas so that you can concentrate on the relevant area in the full screen. Use the planning list for detailed work or the Gantt chart to illustrate progress in team meetings.
Navigation arrows: If you click on an activity in the planning list, InLoox jumps directly to the corresponding bar in the Gantt chart. Alternatively, you can also use the new navigation arrows (e.g. if you have hidden the planning list and are using the Gantt calendar view in full screen, see above).
Warning for unsaved changes: When exiting planning, a warning appears for unsaved changes so that you can decide whether to discard the changes or continue editing them.
New tasks automatically adopt the duration of the activity as effort: New tasks under activities now automatically adopt the duration of the parent activity as an effort. Each individual new task receives this duration as effort. This is relevant for the workload display and the resource utilization is thus automatically served. More information on this topic in the help article on tasks in the project planning »
New button to quickly open the side panel: An “Edit” pencil to the right of the name of each planning element allows you to quickly open the side panel with the details of the activity/milestone/task.

New functionalities in the Gantt planning

Introduction of shortcuts: From now on, you can also use shortcuts in InLoox planning. These include:
- Del: Delete selected elements (with confirmation)
- Alt + a: Add activity
- Alt + m: Add milestone
- Alt + t: Add task
- Alt + plus: Zoom in
- Alt + minus: Zoom out
- Alt + c: Collapse all
- Alt + e: Expand all
- Ctrl + a: Select all
- Are you a short cut power user? Discover more in the help article about Short Cuts in InLoox »
"None" constraint becomes “As soon as possible”: New activities now automatically have the constraint “As soon as possible” instead of “None”, which is the default setting. You can read all about constraints in the help article on constraints in the planning »
Icon for constraints: A pin icon is now displayed in the “Info” column if the planning element has a time constraint. This does not apply to the “As soon as possible” constraint. If you hover over the icon, the type of constraint is also displayed. You can find an explanation of the columns in the help article on columns in the planning list »
Button for new milestone: A new “New Milestone” button makes it easier to create milestones without having to convert an activity. For details, visit the help article creating tasks & milestones in Gantt »
Activity to milestone (and vice versa) by right-clicking: Existing activities can be converted into milestones by right-clicking and then clicking on “Convert to milestone”, and vice versa. You can find further instructions in the help article convert planning elements »
Show and use your own fields as a column: Custom fields can be shown as a column in the Gantt and edited directly inline in the table without having to explicitly open the planning element. Details can be found in the help article on Custom fields » and in the help article Show columns in the planning list »

Beta version: Undo and redo changes in the Gantt planning

We are pleased to introduce the beta version of our new function for undoing and redoing changes in Gantt planning. The undo/redo buttons are designed to help you work even more flexibly and efficiently.

If you would like to try out this new feature and develop it further together with us, simply get in touch with us - a short email to our support team is enough. Note The beta function will only be activated for cloud customers. As soon as the function is fully developed, it will of course be available to all InLoox users.

Read more details in the help article on the undo/redo function »

Move linked documents to other folders

With InLoox 11.11, linked documents can now be moved from within the task, activity or milestone to other folders. A new button in the linked document opens the folder structure of the project, with the current folder highlighted in blue. Simply select the target folder and confirm the process with Move.

This function is particularly useful when you create a task from an email with an attachment. Within the newly created task, you can move the attached document directly to the correct project folder. This keeps your document structure clean and well organized.

Find all the details regarding document management in this InLoox online-help article »

Default language for the entire InLoox account

Administrators can now define a default language for the entire account in the settings. This applies to users who have not yet selected an individual language and is used for notification and invitation emails.

More information can be found in the help article: language »

Extended notifications for project master data

We have extended the notifications for changes to the project. If you have activated project notifications in your settings, you will now also receive email notifications when changes are made to the master data on the Manage page. This includes changes to the start date, end date, name and status of the project.