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Available at all paid subscription levels, DAKboard now has a To-Do list you can access and edit right from your Account and Display. You can use DAKboard To-Do to create Chore Lists, Shopping Lists, the dreaded Honey-Do lists, and more. This To-Do list option can be fully accessed from your Display using your Touchscreen or connected Mouse. Add, complete, and reopen your tasks right from your Display. Here is how to use this new service.



Set Up a To-Do List:


When looking at your new account page, you will notice the To-Do tab on the left side of the screen. This is in the Manage section, as seen below:



Opening this section will allow you to create a To-Do list that you can access from your Screen. Click on the Add A To-Do List button to get started:



From here, name your To-Do list and save it:




From here, you can open your list and start adding Tasks. Simply add a title, add a Due Date (Optional), save the entry, and start using your new To-Do list:



When entering a Due Date, DAKboard currently supports the following Formats:


  • Spelled out Month Day Year: Example: January 12 2024
  • Month/Day/Year: Example: 02/24/2024, 2/24/2024, or 2/24/24
  • Day-Month-Year: Example: 15-12-2024 would be December 15th, 2024
  • Year-Month-Day: Example: 2024-12-15 would be December 15th, 2024 



Managing your To-Do Lists:


Each To-Do list can be managed under your To-Do tab. When you open this, you will see the Lists by their names as seen below:



Click on one of your Lists to see what events you have under it:



From here, you can check an event to complete it, add new Events as seen earlier, or even remove an event by clicking the three dots to the right and selecting Remove Item.




You can also manage the Lists by clicking the three dots to the right of them. From here, you can Hide Completed events in that list, rename it, or even delete the List. See below:





Adding a DAKboard To-Do Block to your Custom Screen:


To start using your new DAKboard To-Do, go to the Custom Screen editor and click the Add A Block button. You can then search for DAKboard To-Do or click on the To-Do tab on the left side, then select the DAKboard To-Do option:



Position the block where you would like to see it and open the block editor to set it up. From here, you can either create a new to-do list by typing the name for it in the List Name section, or you can click the List Dropdown to select the one you have already created. Make sure you have a List selected, or else you will not see the events on your Screen:



Each DAKboard To-Do block can display only one list at a time. If you have multiple lists, you will need to use multiple blocks to display them all on your screen. Save your changes and start using your new DAKboard To-Do list.



Using your To-Do from your Display:


With a Touchscreen or connected USB mouse, you can utilize your DAKboard To-Do right from your Display. Simply enable the Allow Adding option, and you will see a + Add New Item button at the end of your To-Do list on your Display:



Click on this to open the tool to add your new Task.


Enter your task title and its Due date, then click the checkmark to add the task, or click the X to cancel the add:


Your new Task will then be added to your Screen and your To-Do List:




Settings Tab:


You have several options to choose from on your settings page. These options will need to be enabled as they are off by default. 



Below is a list of these options and what they do.


  • Sort: The sort option allows you to control the order of the tasks in your list. You can sort these Alphanumerically or by Due Date.
  • Scrolling: You can use this option to let your tasks scroll from the bottom of the block to the top repeatedly.
  • Show Due Only: This will show only the items that are due today or are overdue. This will only show events that have a due date associated with them.
  • Show Due Dates: This will show the dates a task is due right next to the event. If a Task is overdue, it will show in red on your Display; if it is due Today, it will say Today. This will show all events, even if they don't have a Due Date.
  • Show Completed: This shows all the events that meet the criteria of the other selected options that have previously been completed.

    • Allow Completing:  This will allow you to complete or reopen any task on your list from your Display. This will require either a Touchscreen or a USB mouse to be connected to the device.
    • Allow Adding: (Only available with DAKboard To-Do. No other to-do list option supports this option). This will allow you to add new events to your To-Do list from your Display. This will require either a Touchscreen or a USB mouse to be connected to the device.


Formatting Tab:


The Formatting tab is where you set how you want the block to display your DAKBoard To-Do. See below:



These formatting options are detailed below:


  • Text - Here you can select the Font, the size of the Font, the Font's color, and align the Font to the Left, Center, or Right side of the block.
  • Background - This will allow you to set the Color of the background of the block, adjust its Gradient, or even blur it.
  • Block Title:  This option allows you to set a Block Title you can use for targeting your block with Custom CSS or to simply place a Title on the block itself. You can set this to be hidden or Visible with the eye icon toggle.



The Formatting tab allows you to access the Advanced dropdown menus. This links to special formatting you can do with your blocks. To learn more about this, check out our article Advanced Features of the Custom Screen Editor.



Schedule Tab:

This tab allows you to schedule when you can see this block. See our article Content Scheduling to learn how to use this tool.



Frequently Asked Questions:


Below are the most Frequently Asked Questions about the DAKboard To-Do block:



Can DAKboard To-Do create recurring events?


At this time, DAKboard To-Do cannot create recurring events. We are looking into this and have a discussion open in our GitHub community, Improvements to the DAKboard To-do tool for customers to chime in on for future improvement ideas. Feel free to visit this and let us know what you would like to see added.



Helpful Articles:


Having trouble?  See if these articles help.


How to Use the Custom Screen Live Editor
Advanced Features of the Custom Screen Editor

Content Scheduling