Cards Widget & View

Cards Overview

Cards are an outlining tool that allows you to see a zoomed-out view of your content. They are simply an alternate way of viewing any document in your project. If you are working on a script, each scene will be organized into a card. You can also use Cards for other content such as character descriptions, beat breakdowns, and more. 

Cards will be organized differently based on your template. For example, in the Notes template each 'section' is a card, and in the Graphic Novel template, each 'page' is a card.

Cards can be viewed in the Cards Widget alongside the document it corresponds to or in Cards View, a full-screen display of the contents. The Cards Widget & View behave very similarly. All of the following actions are available in the Cards Widget and the Cards View.

• In the Widget, options will be found under the three dots to the right of the widget header

• In the View, Options will be found in the drop-down above the cards

Manage Card Display Options

Collapse/Expand Individual Cards

Cards are collapsed by default. You will see the card header and a preview of the card's content. This allows you to see more cards at once.

1. Select the arrow to the left of the card header

Collapse/Expand All

This will collapse/expand all cards and groups.

1. Open Options
2. Select Expand all or Collapse all

Show/Hide Card Preview

Cards display a preview of the content by default. Hiding this will display the card header only.

1. Open Options
2. Check/Uncheck the box next to Show card previews

Show/Hide Tags

To tag cards see below. To learn more about the Tagger tool, see Tagger. 

1. Open Options
2. Check/Uncheck the box next to Show tags

Dark Mode

1. Open Options
2. Check/Uncheck the box next to Dark mode

Use Outline Mode

Outline lines can be used to create summaries, descriptions, or notes for scenes or content. With Outline Mode enabled, a card will display only the outline lines. To learn more about outline lines, see Outline Mode.

1. Open Options
2. Check/Uncheck the box next to Use outline mode

Manage Card Groups

Cards are grouped by Sequence by default. They can also be grouped by Act. To create sequences in your script, see Outline Mode.

Group By Act or Sequence

If your script has Act and/or Sequence lines, you can organize and view your cards based on their act

1. Under the Group By options, select Act or Sequence

Collapse/Expand a Group

1. While in the desired Group By category, select the arrow next to the Act or Sequence name to collapse/expand

Add a New Group

1. While in the desired Group By category, scroll to below the last card
2. Select + New Act or + New Sequence
3. Name the group
4. Press Enter/Return

Rename a Group

1. While in the desired Group By category, double-click the act or sequence you would like to rename
2. Enter the new name
3. Press Enter/Return

Reorder Groups

Only possible when cards are grouped by Act or Sequence.

1. Click and hold the group title
2. Drag and drop the group to the desired location
   1. All cards will remain in their order within the group
   2. This change will be visible in the Page view, as well.

Remove a Group

Remove just the group header and send the cards into the previous group or remove the group and all included cards.

1. While in the desired Group By category, select the three-dot icon to the right of the group header
2. Select Remove Group
3. Select desired option
   1. Remove Group and Cards 
   2. Remove Only Group 

Rearrange Cards

If you are using cards to outline your script, this is a great way to move scenes around. Changing the order of cards will change the order of content in the document.

1. Click and hold the card you would like to move
2. Drag the card to the desired location
   1. This change will reflect in the Page view
   2. Scene numbering will automatically adjust

Add a Card

Added cards are expanded by default.

1. Scroll to the last card
2. Click the empty outlined box with the + in it
   1. You can then enter the header for the card (if this is a script, this will be a scene heading)

Edit a Card Header

1. Double-click the header of the card
2. Edit the header
3. Press Enter/Return

Tag a Card

For more information about the Tagger tool, see Tagger.

1. Right-click on the card OR select the three-dot icon in the card's header
2. Select Color/add tags
3. Enter the tag name
4. Select to open the color selector box to the left of the tag name
5. Select the desired color
6. Press Enter/Return
   1. The card header will change to the designated color

Cards Widget

The widget is intended to be used alongside the Page view. This will allow you to use the Cards widget to navigate through the script quickly.

Open Cards Widget

1. Select the cards icon in the left sidebar OR select the cards tab in the right widget panel

Jump to a Location in the Script

Easily navigate to any scene, act, or sequence in your script by selecting cards in the widget or the group header.

1. Click on the desired card to jump to the scene in the script.

OR

1. Right-click or select the three-dot icon in the header on the card for the scene you would like to view
2. Select Jump to card

OR 

1. With the cards grouped by Act or Sequence, select the header for a grouping you would like to view

Focus on Specific Scene(s)

1. Right-click or select the three-dot icon in the card's header
2. Select Focus on card
3. Check the box in the right corner of any additional cards
   1. The Page view will filter down to only those scenes

Cards View

Cards View is intended as an alternate view of your document. Changes here will affect the document, but since you are viewing the document in Cards View, you will need to return to Page view to see the changes reflected there.

Open Cards View

This View contains the same content as the Cards widget but in a full-page view with additional options. Cards are in a left-to-right, vertically descending grid by default.

1. Press Cmd/Ctrl + Opt/Alt + O

OR

1. Select View > Cards View from the main menu

OR

1. Select Tools > Outliner > Cards

Change Card Size

1. Open the Options drop-down from above the cards
2. Select Expand all
3. Open the Defaults drop-down from above the cards
4. Drag the Card height to the desired size
   1. This will affect the expanded view of the card only
5. Drag the Card width to the desired size
   1. This will affect the collapsed and expanded view of the card

Change Card View Organization

Only visible with Group By Act or Sequence enabled in Cards View

1. Select Group By
2. Select desired view
   1. Wrap
   2. Columns
   3. Rows