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Kanban custom colour settings not appearing #1045
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Using ZenNotes v2.81.1 on Windows 11 26H2
Reading the changelog I wanted to try the kanban board custom colour feature.
I created a new kanban board, and when I right-click on any column header, no menu appears where I can choose Color.
Tried pressing C with the kanban board in view, but that did not make the colour settings appear either.
I wasn't sure how to do this, so have not tried it...
Or type :color blue on the Tasks ex line. A bare :color clears it.
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adibhanna commentedon Nov 3, 2026
Thanks for the report! Column colors first shipped only on the board under Tasks. A board made with New Kanban is a database, and it didn't have them, which is why you saw no menu and
Cdid nothing.This is fixed for the next release, 2.82.0, which isn't out yet. There, on a New Kanban board, you can right-click a column header and choose Color…, press
Cin Vim mode, or run Set Board Column Color… from the command palette. The color is saved with the database and shows on that option's chips in the Table too.:color bluestays on the Tasks board, since it runs on that board's ex line. Until 2.82.0, you can try colors there: open Tasks, switch to Kanban (3in Vim mode), then right-click a column header.Feat(databases): a New Kanban column can carry a color too (ZenNotes#…