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GitHub Docs: Changing the layout of a view

Distinguishes GitHub project table, board, and roadmap layouts; board layout spreads issues, pull requests, and draft issues across customizable columns and supports dragging items between columns.

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Kanban board Choose Kanban board when work items progress through shared workflow states and column movement is the primary interaction. Each column represents a workflow state or selected column field value, and moving a card updates the same value shown in details, reports, and automation. GitHub distinguishes table, board, and roadmap layouts and describes board layout as items spread across customizable columns.
Saved view Choose saved view when users need to persist a named combination of layout, columns, grouping, filters, sort, density, and other display preferences for a data surface. Saving stores a canonical view definition, not a static list of current row IDs. GitHub Projects documents changing a project view between table, board, and roadmap layouts.

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