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# Properties & Folder Views (List or Kanban)
[Note properties](https://help.noteplan.co/article/237-frontmatter) and folder views help you organize, query, and display notes consistently. Here’s a concise guide to get productive quickly.
→ 🍿 [Watch](https://youtu.be/LosCLHtWfk8?si=7bJVNjY3o03YCtxx) the deep-dive video

## Note Properties
Note properties are key–value metadata at the top of a note that folder views can read for filtering, grouping and sorting or to modify the appearance of your note.

~**Getting Started:**~
- Open the panel by clicking the Properties button.
- Enter the property name on the left and its value on the right.
- Some system properties have special meanings:
	- `icon` → Set an icon for your note
	- `icon-color` → Set the icon color
	- `icon-style` → Choose light, solid, or regular (default)
	- `bg-color` → Set a background color
	- `bg-color-dark` → Set a dark mode background color
	- `bg-pattern` → Choose a pattern (dotted, lined, squared, mini-squared)
	- `title` → Override the in-note title with this value

Example:
```
title: Project Alpha
status: active
owner: Alex
due: 2025-11-15
priority: high
```

**AI Assistant**
- Open the assistant from the bottom-right of the properties panel.
- Use it to auto-generate properties, no need to type them manually.
- You can optionally add a prompt to specify properties, icons, or colors.
- For best results, ensure the note has a title and some content; the AI uses this to infer properties.
- The AI also scans sibling notes in the same folder to reuse patterns. For example, if project notes use a green icon and background, it will detect and apply that to your new note.

## Folder Views
[Folder Views](https://help.noteplan.co/article/238-notes-table-and-other-views) display your notes or tasks and their properties as a List or Kanban view. You can group, filter, and sort by properties, making this a powerful tool for project management and knowledge organization.

~Getting Started:~
- Create a few notes in a folder (for example, project notes or meetings).
- Assign properties to your projects (e.g., status, priority, type).
- Click the folder in the sidebar that contains your project notes to open the folder view.
	- Alternatively, click the "Notes" title in the sidebar to see all your notes. This also works with "Calendar Notes"
- Start grouping and filtering:
	- For projects, switch the layout to Cards and group by `status`.
		- Add empty columns (e.g., backlog, doing, done) and drag projects between them as statuses change.
	- For book notes, meetings, or inventories, keep the List layout and group by properties like `author`, `type`, or `customer` to maintain an overview.

## Tasks
Folder Views can also show tasks from the notes in a folder, including as Cards for a Kanban board of tasks. You can filter using note properties or assign [attributed tags](https://help.noteplan.co/article/238-notes-table-and-other-views#tasks-attributed-tags) to tasks (advanced).

~What about calendar notes?~
- Click/Tap Calendar Notes in the sidebar to see tasks from calendar notes grouped by date.
- Use the date filter for this week, next week, rolling filters, and more.

~Getting Started:~
- Click/Tap any folder, or Calendar Notes (calendar only) or Notes (all notes) in the sidebar.
- In the View menu, set Level to Tasks.
- Group by `note path`, `note title`, or `heading` (use a consistent heading like Action Points across notes for filtering).
