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Display options for work items

The Display dropdown in Plane gives you full control over how your work items are presented, grouped, and ordered. This flexibility ensures that you can tailor the layout to suit your workflow, whether you're a developer working through a backlog, a manager tracking priorities, or a QA engineer validating tasks. Let’s break down how you can make the most of this feature.

Display options

Display properties​

Depending on the type of layout you're working with, you can choose which properties are shown or hidden for each work item. To customize, simply select the properties in the dropdown. This lets you declutter your view by hiding irrelevant fields while surfacing the ones you care about.

Here’s the list of properties you can display in the layout:

  • ID
  • Work item Type
  • Assignee
  • Start Date
  • Due Date
  • Labels
  • Priority
  • State
  • Sub-work item Count
  • Attachment Count
  • Link
  • Estimate
  • Modules
  • Cycle

Group by​

Grouping helps you organize work items based on shared attributes, making it easier to focus on specific workflows or priorities. You can group work items by:

  • State
  • Priority
  • Cycle
  • Module
  • Labels
  • Assignees
  • Created By

Sub-group by​

You can further refine your view by adding a sub-grouping. For example, you could group by State and then sub-group by Assignees to see the state of tasks per team member. Sub-grouping options include:

  • Priority
  • Cycle
  • Module
  • Labels
  • Assignees
  • Created By
  • None

Order by​

Fine-tune the order of work items within groups to reflect your team’s priorities. Plane offers the following ordering options:

  • Manual
  • Last Created
  • Last Updated
  • Start Date
  • Due Date
  • Priority

Additional options​

Show sub-work items​

Expand main work items to display their sub-work items directly within the layout.

Show empty groups​

Decide whether groups with no work items are visible.

Explore these options to find the configuration that works best for your team and transform your work item board into a focused, actionable workspace.