Working with the Productivity Drawer
The Productivity Drawer is a panel on the right edge of the screen that puts timer controls, recent work, Time Flow tasks, notifications, and stats into one surface. The point is fewer navigations — instead of switching to Time Flow to find a task, going back to the tracker, opening a new entry, and picking that task from the form, you click it in the drawer and you are ready to log time.
Opening the Drawer
A narrow icon rail sits on the right edge of the screen. Three icons represent three tabs:
Stopwatch — the Timer tab.
Timeline — the Time Flow tab.
Bell — Notifications (only visible if notifications are enabled for your organization).
Click any icon to slide the panel open. Click it again to close. Click a different icon to switch tabs. The drawer remembers which tab you had open, so it returns to where you left off.
The Timer Tab
This is your command center. From top to bottom:
Stats at a Glance
A donut chart shows your time distribution by category for the current month, with total hours in the center. Around it: your entry count, how you compare to last month, and either an average per day or today's hours depending on whether Time Flow is enabled. You can hide this widget with the eye icon if you prefer more room for the task lists.
Active Timer
When a timer is running, a strip appears showing the category or task name, the project, and elapsed time counting up. A stop button lets you end it without scrolling back to the toolbar. This keeps your running timer visible regardless of where you are in the drawer.
Recent Tasks
A collapsible list of project and category combinations you have recently tracked time against. Each row shows a color chip and the category and project name.
Click a row to open a new time entry form pre-filled with that project and category. No searching, no dropdowns — one click and you are in the form with the right context.
Click the stopwatch icon on a row to start a timer for that category immediately. If a timer is already running, you are asked whether to switch — stopping the current timer and starting the new one.
Time Flow Tasks
Below recent tasks, a second collapsible section shows your assigned and available Time Flow tasks, grouped by project. Click a task to open the entry form with the project, category, and task already linked. Click the info icon to open the full task detail dialog without leaving the drawer.
Keyboard Shortcuts
With the Timer tab open and no modal or input field focused:
R — activates numbered quick-pick on the Recent Tasks list.
T — activates numbered quick-pick on the Time Flow Tasks list.
1–9 — selects that row from whichever list is active.
Escape — cancels the quick-pick.
This means you can open the drawer, press R, press 3, and you are in a time entry form for your third most recent task — no mouse required.
The Time Flow Tab
The Time Flow tab shifts focus from time tracking to workload. At the top, a pressure gauge shows whether you are on track, behind, at risk, or overloaded based on your assigned work and capacity. Below that: estimated load in hours, your velocity (hours per day), the number of tasks assigned to you, and how many are overdue.
The same active timer strip appears here, followed by your assigned and available tasks. The workflow is the same — click a task to open a time entry form, or click the stopwatch to start a timer.
The difference from the Timer tab is the framing. The Timer tab is oriented around what you have been doing (recent entries, monthly stats). The Time Flow tab is oriented around what you need to do (assigned tasks, capacity pressure).
Notifications
The Notifications tab shows two sub-tabs: Inbox and Archived. Notifications appear when you are mentioned in a comment, when a task is assigned or unassigned, or when someone comments on a task you are assigned to.
Unread notifications have a stronger visual weight and a colored left border. Click a notification to mark it as read — if it relates to a Time Flow task, the task dialog opens so you can respond in context. Archive notifications you have dealt with, or use Archive read to clear all read notifications in bulk.
Why the Drawer Matters
Without the drawer, starting a timer against a specific task means: navigate to Time Flow, find the task, note the project and category, go back to the tracker, open a new entry, pick the project, pick the category, link the task, start the timer. That is 8+ interactions across multiple screens.
With the drawer open: click the task, save. Two interactions, no navigation. The entry form opens with everything pre-filled because the drawer already knows the task's project, category, and context.
The keyboard shortcuts push this further. Once the habit forms — drawer open, R 1 to repeat what you were doing, T 3 to pick up the third task — time tracking becomes something that takes seconds instead of interrupting your flow.