Forum Discussion
Modern view for task lists and calendars?
Does anyone know if a timeline for when modern view will be avilable for Task Lists and Calendars?
I would also like to know this. According to this discussion, tasks in modern experience should be supported in SharePoint Server 2019, but when I asked if the same "fix"/functionality would be applied to SharePoint Online, I was asked to address this question here in the SharePoint online community.
- Ok, this is annoying. Would really like to know what is the status on this one.
You can use an iframe in an embed web part to get a calendar view, it's not perfect but works for me.
<iframe width="100%" height="1000px" src="https://xxx.sharepoint.com/sites/xxx/Lists/Calendar/calendar.aspx" scrolling="no" style="margin-left: -200px; margin-top: -190px;">
</iframe>
Yuliya Haradniuk posted it here - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/calendar-web-part-on-modern-pages/td-p/161291Any update on a timeline for implementing modern view for lists and calendars?
- Same here...I can't move to Modern experience in SharePoint Online without Calendar and Tasks...would be happy if MS would add Flow, Power Bi, and PowewrApps integration to classic experience as it looks to be in Modern experience...also, while at it, add Connectors like MS Teams like Jira Cloud
I've been involved with similar threads about other areas which require modernising. It was hinted there that we should wait to see what is announced at Ignite. I know not a great answer, and I have no specifics about what is coming, but that is the info which I've gained.
I really would like to see this happen. We have a lot of task lists used as assigned followup items connected to normal lists. Its would be really good when we can switch all to the modern experience and not have the lists.
FYI, Calendars is halfway into Modern experience through through the Events web part.
Eager for news on task lists, though!
For Tasks, you could possibly do it by yourself.
Just create a custom list, add the task content type and remove the other.
Should be modern, I assume (haven't tested it). I'm unsure how the modern UI would handle the predecessor ui item.
Note that the Task list is a special lists (Type 171) that handles task hiearchy, allowing you to indent tasks as childeren to other tasks. It internally manages a field called ParentID to do this. By using generic list you lose this capability. I'm also not sure if the Status field and % Complete are tied together when use use a "Custom list" type instead of the "Task List" type. In task lists, tasks become 50% compelete with status is set in progress, sets to 100% when completed and sets to 0 when not started. Other things like sync to Outlook will also not work (which i dont know if any one uses anymore).
I can confirm that pulling in the Task content type into a Custom List does not carry any of the Task List's functionality along with it.
- Sorry, but we don't have an ETA for modern experiences to these lists and others such as Contacts Lists or Issues Lists
- By the time 'modern experiences' are rolled out by MS, they will start looking like 'legacy experience' in comparison to everything else.
- MSFT does some good stuff, but they tend to take a very long time to do it, - and get left behind again and again :/
