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title: "Gantt layout in timeline view"
slug: "gantt-layout-in-timeline-view"
updated: 2025-04-21T13:08:15Z
published: 2025-04-21T13:08:15Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.airtable.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Gantt layout in timeline view

| **Plan availability** | All paid plans |
| --- | --- |
| **Permissions** | - **Owners/Creators** - Can create, delete, modify, lock/unlock, and print views - **Editors** - Can create, delete, modify, and print views - **Commentors** - Can create, delete, and modify their own [personal views](/docs/personal-views) |
| **Platform(s)** | Web/Browser, Mac app, Windows app, and some basic functionality on iOS and Android mobile apps |

## Gantt layout in timeline view overview

With the Gantt layout in timeline view, each record is visible in its lane, and dependencies are displayed as arrows between records (shown below). You can drag additional arrows between records to create dependency links.

![](https://cdn.airtable.document360.io/d0ee2ee4-3f78-47c7-b388-85e40be9fb89/Images/Documentation/unnamed-7(6).png)

## Using Gantt layout in Airtable

> [!CAUTION]
> NOTE
> 
> Check out our timeline overview article to learn how to [add timeline views to bases](https://support.airtable.com/docs/timeline-view-overview#adding-a-new-timeline-view).

1. Visit your [Airtable homepage](https://airtable.com/login).
2. Open your preferred base.
3. Select your preferred timeline view.
4. Click **Appearance** in the menu and select the “Gantt” icon. ![](https://cdn.airtable.document360.io/d0ee2ee4-3f78-47c7-b388-85e40be9fb89/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2024-02-12 at 6.05.21 PM.png)
5. Click the **⌄**icon next to the “Record height” section and choose **Short**.
6. Click the **⌄** icon next to the “Record width” section and choose **Precise**.

## Using Gantt layout in an interface

1. Using Gantt layout in an interface:
2. Visit your [Airtable homepage](https://airtable.com/login).
3. Open your preferred base.
4. Click **Interfaces**.
5. Select your preferred timeline view. ![](https://cdn.airtable.document360.io/d0ee2ee4-3f78-47c7-b388-85e40be9fb89/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2024-02-15 at 7.39.52 AM.png)

## Gantt layout in timeline view limitations

- The Gantt layout works in both timeline views and as a visualization in Airtable interface layouts, while [*Gantt view*](/docs/gantt-view) is only available in bases.
- All records must be "Short" in height and "Precise" in width to Gantt layout in timeline view.![](https://cdn.airtable.document360.io/d0ee2ee4-3f78-47c7-b388-85e40be9fb89/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2024-02-12 at 5.30.38 PM.png)