Productivity Drawer

The Productivity Drawer is a panel that extends out from the right side of the screen. The drawer gives you quick access to category-specific timers, Time Flow tasks, draft review, statistics, and notifications without leaving your current page.

Opening and Closing the Drawer

A narrow icon rail is always visible on the right edge of the screen. It shows up to four icons stacked vertically:

• Timer — statistics, the running timer, recent tasks, and Time Flow tasks.

• Time Flow — recent tasks and assignments.

• Review Drafts — review and accept in bulk your drafted (via agents) and calendar entries.

• Notifications — a badge appears on this icon showing the number of unread notifications. This icon is only shown when your plan includes email notifications.

Click any icon to open the drawer, which will slide out to the left. On a small screen the open drawer fills the width of the screen. Clicking the icon for the currently open drawer, or on the X (close) icon at the top of the rail, will close the drawer. When open, the panel remains visible on every page in AbleTime.

Time Panel

The Timer panel is displayed via the stopwatch . It contains four sections from top to bottom.

Time Entry Statistics

A summary of your time tracking for the current month. The widget shows a donut chart in the center with your total hours and a breakdown by category (each slice colored to match the category). Hover over a slice to see the category, its time, and its share of the total.

Around the chart, four stats are displayed:

• Entries — the number of time entries this month.

• vs Last Month — a percentage showing whether your hours are up or down compared to last month.

• Avg/Day or Overhead — your average hours per day, or your overhead percentage (the share of this month's time not linked to a Time Flow task) if Time Flow is enabled.

• Today or Momentum — hours logged today, or your momentum (the share of this month's time logged against Time Flow tasks) if Time Flow is enabled.

Click the eye to show or hide the statistics. Click the refresh to update the data.

Active Timer

If a timer is currently running, this section displays:

• The task or category name.

• The project name.

• The elapsed time in H:MM format.

• A stop button to end the timer.

If no timer is running, or timers are not enabled, this section is hidden.

Recent Tasks

A collapsible section listing your recently used project and category combinations. Each row shows a color dot matching the category and the category and project name.

Click any row to open a new time entry form pre-filled with that project and category. If timers are enabled (see Time Entry Preferences), a stopwatch appears on each row — click it to start a timer for that combination. If a different timer is already running, a Switch Timer? dialog asks you to confirm. Clicking the stopwatch on the row whose timer is already running opens a Stop Timer? dialog instead.

Click the refresh in the section header to reload the list.

Timeflow Items

A collapsible section listing your Time Flow tasks, grouped under their project name. To learn about Time Flow tasks, see Getting Started with Time Flow.

Up to four sub-tabs filter the list:

• Overdue — assigned tasks whose end date has passed, earliest first. This tab only appears when you have overdue tasks, and shows how many.

• Assigned — tasks assigned to you.

• Available — unassigned tasks you can pick up.

• Backlog — tasks in the backlog stage.

Each task row shows a color dot, the epic reference when the task belongs to an epic, the task reference and title, a priority icon, and a status icon. Blocked tasks display a block icon in red. There is also an info button that will display the task dialog.

Click a task row to open a new time entry form linked to that task. If timers are enabled, a stopwatch lets you start a timer for the task.

Time Flow Panel

The Time Flow panel opens when you click the timeline clock icon. It has three sections.

Time Flow Statistics

A summary of your Time Flow workload. Four stats surround a central pressure gauge:

• Est. Load (hrs) — total estimated hours for your planned tasks.

• Velocity (hrs/day) — your current rate of work.

• Assigned — the number of tasks assigned to you.

• Overdue — the number of overdue tasks (shown in red when above zero).

The central gauge shows your Pressure as a multiplier (for example, 1.2x) with a status label: ON TRACK, BEHIND, AT RISK, or OVERLOADED.

Click the eye icon to show or hide the statistics. Click the refresh icon to update.

Active Timer

Same as the Timer panel — shows the running timer if one is active.

Timeflow Items

Same as the Timer panel, with Overdue (only when you have overdue tasks), Assigned, and Available sub-tabs.

Review Drafts Panel

The Review Drafts panel opens when you click the clipboard check . This is where draft time entries — like the ones an AI Agent records — are reviewed, accepted, or dismissed in bulk. It has three sections from top to bottom.

Draft Statistics

Three tiles summarize the drafts currently loaded:

• Drafts — how many drafts are loaded, and their total time.

• Selected — how many are selected, and their total time.

• Need task/category — drafts that can't be accepted yet because no task or category is set, and their total time.

Actions

Below the statistics, a bar shows how many drafts are selected, with two buttons:

• Accept — accepts every selected draft, turning each into a recorded time entry. A confirmation shows how many will be accepted; drafts that still need a task or category are skipped and stay in the list. If any selected drafts have no task or category, the confirmation lets you assign one: click Select a task or category, pick one, check the drafts it covers, and click Confirm. Repeat for another group if needed, then click Accept.

• Dismiss — permanently removes the selected drafts. This cannot be undone.

The select all | none links select or clear the whole list, and ← show time entries opens the calendar. Type in the Filter drafts field to narrow the list.

The Draft List

Drafts are listed oldest first. Each row shows the draft's title, a short excerpt of its description, the start and end times with the duration, and the date. Drafts linked to a Time Flow task also show the task reference and title — click the reference to open the task's details — and a Backlog chip when the task is still in the backlog.

Click a row to select or deselect it; selected rows are marked with a colored left border. The checkbox beside a task reference selects every draft belonging to that task at once. A warning means the draft needs a task or category before it can be accepted.

Click the magnifier on a row to open the draft in the time entry form, where you can correct it and accept it on its own.

Notifications Panel

The Notifications panel opens when you click the bell icon.

Inbox and Archived Tabs

Two tabs appear at the top:

• Inbox — shows the count of unread notifications in parentheses.

• Archived — previously archived notifications.

Notification Items

Each notification shows the sender's avatar, a timestamp (for example, "5 minutes ago"), and a description of the action (for example, "You have been assigned to" or "You were mentioned in a comment on" followed by the task name and who did it). Some notifications show extra detail beneath the description. Hover over the timestamp to see the full date and time.

Unread notifications have a colored left border. Click a notification to mark it as read and, if it relates to a Time Flow task, open that task's detail panel.

In the Inbox, each notification has an archive to move it to the Archived tab. When read notifications are present, an Archive read button appears to archive all read items at once. In the Archived tab, a Delete all button removes all archived notifications. Both ask you to confirm first.

If there are no notifications, the panel displays "No notifications" (Inbox) or "No archived notifications" (Archived).

Keyboard Shortcuts

When the Timer panel is open, no dialog is active, and you are not typing in a text field, the following keyboard shortcuts are available:

• R — toggle quick-select mode for the Recent Tasks list. The first nine rows show their number.

• T — toggle quick-select mode for the Timeflow Items list. The first nine rows show their number.

• 1–9 — pick the corresponding numbered row. In the Recent Tasks list this starts a timer for that row; in the Timeflow Items list it opens a new time entry form for that task.

• Escape — cancel quick-select mode.