Appearance Settings - Events

The Events settings control the default shape and icon Preceden gives new events, how their content is laid out, and how it describes their duration.

To reach these settings, click the Appearance button above your timeline and open the Events section.

Default Shape

This setting applies a default shape for new events that contain both start and end dates. The control is a grid of ten shape swatches rather than a drop down list, so click the shape you want. You can change the shape of individual events from the event's own options.

Note that if you mark an event's start or end date as approximate, Preceden fades out that end of the event's bar.

Default Icon for New Events

This setting controls how Preceden picks the icon for each new event. Smart icons chooses a meaningful icon based on the event's name, Solid circle always uses a solid circle, and Use last icon reuses the icon from the last event you created or updated. You can change the icon on an individual event regardless of what you choose here.

Bar Content Layout

Controls how Preceden positions an event's name and details relative to its colored bar, including what happens when the name doesn't fit inside the bar. More info with examples in this support doc: Change the Bar Content Layout.

Largest Duration Unit

Determines the largest unit Preceden uses when it describes events that span a range of time. The options are Years, Months, Weeks, Days, and Hours. An event running April 1 to April 19 reads as "2 weeks 5 days" if you select Weeks, or "19 days" if you select Days.

Content Visibility

Content Visibility is its own section in the appearance settings rather than a part of Events. It lets you choose whether to display event names, dates, durations, notes, percent complete, and images on the timeline, and separately what to include in the event popup and the event list below the timeline.