Hello Julien,
I can envisage developing the widget to accept a date column (without time). I also plan to offer a true Gantt view with dependency management. However, I have no idea when this will be ready, so it is best not to count on it initially.
Je peux envisager une évolution du Widget pour accepter une colonne de date (sans heure). Par ailleurs j’ai le projet de proposer une vraie vue Gantt avec gestion des dépendances. Cependant je n’ai pas la moindre idée d’une date de réalisation, il ne vaut donc mieux pas compter dessus dans un premier temps.
Raphaël
Hi Raphaël,
Thanks a lot for your reply!
It’s great to hear that you’re planning to develop both the date-only support and, eventually, a true Gantt view.
I understand it’s a big task — but do you have any rough idea of a timeframe (for example, sometime in 2026 or later)?
To give you a bit of context: I work in the research department of a French hospital.
I’m not a developer, but I’m quite tech-savvy, and since our government introduced GRIST, I’ve been trying to get familiar with the platform and build internal tools.
A Gantt-style tool would be a huge help for us — we currently have no professional project management software.
Here’s what our main needs look like in practice:
- Research projects last between 1 and 3 years (sometimes up to 10 years).
- We mostly manage them on a monthly scale, but we also need to display specific milestones with precise dates.
- We’d like to share the Gantt view with project sponsors, which GRIST could make much easier (currently we share Excel Gantt charts through OneDrive — see image below).
- The longer the project runs, the harder it becomes to read; it would help a lot if the task name could stick to the bar, or be displayed next to it instead of inside.
Basically, what you see in the image below — but better!
I’m sharing all this just to help you understand our context, not to request anything right now.
I’d rather you take your time than release a half-measure feature.
Below is an example I made using your widget. You’ll notice the main limitation I face: the task text is cropped, and I currently use the timeline view because the Gantt view doesn’t display the “Activity” field (renamed to “Responsable”).
Ideally, I’d love the Description field to behave like the Notes field, so I could edit and view everything directly from the Gantt view.
Thanks again for your great work — your widget has already been a real game-changer for us.
NB: I’m French, but I’ll keep replying in English so others can follow the discussion.
NB2: I’m currently learning Python (and maybe one day Elm!) since our hospital is facing major financial constraints. We don’t have access to dedicated project management software, so GRIST is our best option to create sustainable internal tools.
