# Board view

## What a board shows

A board groups items by one field, the **Column field** in the **Layout** panel. Each value of that field gets a column, and items with no value get a column of their own. Turn **Include empty values** off in **Layout** to hide the columns of values with no items.

A second field, **Group by**, splits the board into horizontal lanes called swimlanes.

When the column or lane field is a people field, a deleted user gets no column or swimlane. A card whose only person in that field is a deleted user goes to **No value**.

## What a card shows

A card is one item, and the card shows the item's title. Under the title come the fields you pick in **Show fields**.

## Move a card and fold a column

Drag a card to another column or lane. The drop writes the new value into the field behind that axis. Press `Esc` during a drag to cancel.

Hover a column header to reveal its chevron, and click the chevron to fold the column.

When an edit moves a card to another column, the card goes to the bottom of that column. This holds when the column field is a select, people, checkbox or relation field. See [How cards are ordered on a board](../../how-it-works/card-order/).

## Add a card

Click **Add** at the end of a column. The new card takes that column and swimlane value.

Press `C` to open the create form instead. A card created that way takes no column or swimlane value from the board.

## Zoom and open

Hold `Cmd` or `Ctrl` and turn the mouse wheel to scale the board between 50% and 150%. The **Zoom** picker in **Layout** sets the same scale.

Click a card to open the item. Right-click a card for the item menu.

## Next

- [How cards are ordered on a board](../../how-it-works/card-order/)
- [List view](../list-view/)
- [Gantt view](../gantt-view/)
- [Types, fields, views and hierarchy](../../get-started/types-fields-views-hierarchy/)