Interface & command palette

TruePPM’s v2 interface is a single, calm workspace shell built on the navy/sage design system. Everything you need to orient — where you are, what’s healthy, what to do next — lives in one top bar, and a keyboard-first command palette gets you anywhere without reaching for the mouse.

The unified app-shell bar

The top of every project and program is a single bar (it merges what used to be two stacked rows). Left to right it carries:

Adaptive identity — a breadcrumb of your current program / project. It shows in the bar only when the left rail is collapsed or you’re on a phone, so wayfinding is never duplicated.
View tabs — the grouped, methodology-adaptive navigation (below). The strip scrolls horizontally on narrow screens rather than dropping or clipping labels.
The health cluster — one bordered context read-out (below).
Context-aware ”+ New” — a create menu whose default action matches where you are (a new task on the board, a new risk on the risk register, and so on).
Presence, run status, notifications, and your account menu — including the Light / Dark / Auto theme toggle, which lives only here.

The command palette (⌘K)

Press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows/Linux) anywhere to open the command palette. It is the fastest path to:

Jump to any view — “Go to Board”, “Go to Schedule”, including views you’ve hidden from the tab bar.
Navigate between your projects and programs.
Run actions in context.

Type to filter; arrow keys move; Enter activates; Escape closes. The palette is a pop surface with a focus trap, so keyboard and screen-reader users get the same reach as a pointer.

The methodology-adaptive context bar

The health cluster is a single bordered unit whose three segments adapt to the project’s methodology, so you always see the right three signals:

Agile — active Sprint · Points (or item count) · Velocity
Waterfall — Forecast (P80) · At-risk · Critical
Hybrid — Sprint · Forecast · Critical

Slots are fixed: a zero or empty segment reads calmly (“0 critical”, ”—”, “No active sprint”) rather than vanishing, so the bar never reflows. At-risk and critical counts above zero open a task popover; a forecast date is neutral (informational, not a risk colour); and team-private velocity shows a “kept to the team” wall rather than a number when the team’s privacy policy withholds it.

Grouped, methodology-adaptive view tabs

The view tabs are grouped into PLAN · TRACK · PEOPLE so related surfaces sit together, and the set adapts to methodology — an agile project doesn’t show the Gantt-centric tabs a waterfall project leads with, and vice-versa. Overview always leads and Settings always trails. You can further tailor the bar with Customize views (hide the tabs you don’t use); hidden views stay reachable from the command palette. See View focus for the role-based lens that re-orders and re-points these surfaces for you.

Role-based landing

Opening a project lands you on the view that matches your View focus lens — a PM lands on the Schedule, a Scrum Master on the Board, and the neutral default lands on the Overview. The lens is presentation only: it never changes your permissions or what anyone else sees.

Light, Dark, and Auto

The whole interface supports Light, Dark, and Auto themes via a single toggle in your account menu. Chrome and content adapt together — there is never a dark sidebar stranded on a light app.