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2026.02.20 - Planner UI update is worse
The UI changes to Planner within the latest Teams desktop app update (version 26032.208.4399.5) has regressed in its functionality and is worse than before. Previously, all of the contents of an item in the Planner were visible at the same time. Now I have to tab between Task Details, Attachments and Checklist, and am unable to view these at once, which has become a critical workflow for me. It is extremely irritating, as I've developed a workflow around how Planner was presented (which was that everything within a task was visible at once), and now it has been compartmentalised.
Please unwind this - it is a regressive update and provides less information and requires more interaction to work through the detail of a task.
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This new UI is a step backwards. I get that people naturally resist change at first, but Microsoft keeps making interfaces more spaced out and less information-dense, which is frustrating in a business environment where efficiency matters.
I can now only see about half of what fit on screen before. Even my Planner board headers are cut off because the font sizes and spacing have been increased unnecessarily.
Microsoft has a bad habit of redesigning UIs without solving an actual problem. A lot of these changes feel like they’re being made by people who don’t actively use the tools day to day in real working environments.
What on earth were you thinking with this!!!!! Let's make everything worse and give no options to customise or rollback.
Making such a huge change to the task layout has had such a negative impact on my team. Not providing a rollback option or settings to allow the layout of a task to be set per planner is absolutely ridiculous. The checklist being above the notes is the worst part of the update for us and that was the crux of your stupid update. Everything is so big and it is difficult to see all the information we need to quickly. Super unimpressed and we were about to upgrade to Premium Planner - now my team and I hate this product and I am looking for a new solution.There is also a bug where you cannot highlight or copy text from a task and you have to exit and go back in. Terrible update - I am disgusted!!
We just got this update, and I hate it. I can't even see the full comment (sorry Task Chat) without scrolling sideways. It wouldn't be a Microsoft product if it didn't get worse over time.
Looks like we lost the ability to use phases in grid view.. great job MS team! You removed a critical project planning requirement. Also how about that delete button. I created a new test project to make sure it was a properly created premium one, and now the delete button is gone!
Many can't click on the attachments in each tasks. Instead they have to copy the link and then go to a browser to open the file link which makes it inefficient.
Yes I just got hit with the update and it has set me back hours on the day and the layout is simple terrible. Harder to see everything at once, extra scrolling and clicking, exactly what the customer experience research point against. Why did they change it?
I agree the new layout is horrible.
Yes, I too hate these changes very much. So much, that I'm willing to shop around for another solution!
I need more clicks for the same tasks.
I can't use the comments for accountabilty anymore (the "Chat" doesn't send mails!).
I hate having to switch between details and checklist.
And I still can't paste a picture into the comments (chat) - a feature I've been requesting for years.Also, just found out that checklist is limited to 20 items, has that always been the case? Why is there a limitation here at all?
Always been the case, customers have been screaming for more checklist items for years and we get this crud update.
I absolutely hate the removal of comments and replacing it with chat. Comments were permanent, and could not be deleted. This allowed me to create some sort of accountability with the tasks, as descriptions of what was discussed during the task planning process could be entered and remained there permanently. As it is, teammembers can retroactively make changes to chat history, which creates a major issue with accountability. I also agree with the points made that not having all the parts in the same pane, and having to tab around to view them. I hate the new change.
Checklist has become really bad. You cant see all text. There is space to show more, then why not show it? You need to hoover over the text to see all.
