Drag orders, tasks, tables, and delivery items across columns and canvases with intelligent snap, real-time status sync, and touch-optimized interactions across every page of your restaurant management system.
Watch orders flow through your kanban pipeline — cards auto-advance through every stage in real time.
Drag tasks between columns — just like your team would in the real system. No backend needed.
Your kanban board builds itself as orders come in — scroll to trigger the animation.
See the difference between traditional status dropdowns and intuitive kanban drag-and-drop.
Drag orders, tasks, tables, and delivery items across columns and canvases with intelligent snap, real-time status sync, and touch-optimized interactions across every page of your restaurant management system.
Touch-optimized 3-column kitchen display where cooks drag orders from pending to preparing to ready — with real-time WebSocket sync, configurable column layouts, and optimistic UI updates.
Three columns — pending, preparing, ready — with optional bumped column for completed orders. Column order and visibility customizable per staff member.
Optimized for touchscreens with PointerSensor (8px drag threshold) and TouchSensor (200ms hold, 10px tolerance). Works with stylus, finger, or mouse.
Card moves instantly on drop while the PATCH request fires in the background. If the API fails, the card animates back to its original column with an error toast.
When a card enters the ready column, preparation timestamps and completion states are auto-initialized for accurate delivery time tracking.
Columns highlight with animated pulse borders and scale up 1.02x when a card is dragged over them. Empty columns show "Drop here" guidance text.
Drag orders through the full 6-stage lifecycle — pending, confirmed, preparing, ready, delivered, completed — with keyboard shortcut toggle and real-time backend sync.
Full order lifecycle visualized across six color-coded columns: pending (gray), confirmed (blue), preparing (amber), ready (green), delivered (teal), completed (slate).
Press Ctrl+K or click the view toggle to switch between table, grid, and kanban modes without losing your scroll position or filters.
When dragging on mobile, a floating bottom rail appears with colored status targets. Drop on any target to change order status, bypassing column targeting precision issues.
Uses native DataTransfer API with custom hook (useDragDrop) — no heavy library dependency. Ships getDraggableProps() and getColumnProps() for any component.
Rush orders pulse red. Inactive orders fade after 15 minutes. Cards show ticket number, customer name, item count, total amount, and elapsed time since status change.
Reusable drag-and-drop card and column components for any POS screen — dashboard widgets, order tickets, prep station tasks — all backed by @dnd-kit.
Droppable column wrapper accepting cards via SortableContext with verticalListSortingStrategy. Supports custom column headers with status badges and item counts.
Sortable card component with grip handle, configurable status badge, live timer display, and expandable detail panel. Accepts any children via props.
Dashboard widget component that can be reordered via drag-and-drop. Supports widget-specific drag handles and collapse-on-drag behavior to improve performance.
Full KanbanCardData and KanbanColumnDef type definitions for clean integration with any POS module. Compatible with custom card renderers and column behaviors.
Drag and drop tables, booths, and service stations onto a real-time floor plan canvas with snap-to-grid, rotation, and auto table merging.
Drag table elements from a palette onto a grid canvas. Tables snap to grid positions with configurable grid size and rotation support.
Works on tablets with TouchBackend — drag tables with finger or stylus. Pinch-to-zoom and two-finger pan for large floor plans.
Organize floor plans into sections (main dining, patio, bar, private room) and drag tables between sections or reorder sections entirely.
Drag two tables close together to automatically merge them into a combined seating arrangement. Split merged tables by dragging them apart.
A delivery dispatch board where drivers and dispatchers drag orders through assigned, picked up, in transit, curbside, and arrived stages.
Track every delivery across assigned, picked_up, in_transit, curbside, and arrived columns. Each card shows driver details, ETA, and customer contact info.
Drag an unassigned delivery card onto a driver card to instantly assign it. The driver receives a push notification with the updated route.
Status changes broadcast to the dispatcher board, rider app, and customer tracking page simultaneously. The driver's route recalculates in real time.
Each column displays aggregated metrics: average time in stage, number of at-risk deliveries (exceeding SLA), and driver load distribution across the board.
A full kanban task management system where staff drag tasks across To Do, In Progress, In Review, and Done columns — with assignments, due dates, and checklists.
Visual task management across To Do, In Progress, In Review, and Done columns. Each column shows task count and aggregate due date information.
Drag a task card onto a team member's avatar to assign it. The assignee receives an in-app notification and the task shows their avatar and status.
Overdue tasks display a red border and pulse animation. Drag an overdue task to a later date in a calendar sidebar to reschedule it.
Each task card can contain a sub-checklist. Drag individual checklist items between columns independently, or drag the entire card to move all sub-items.
In today's competitive pizza market, standing still means falling behind. Kanban Views & Drag-and-Drop addresses the critical gaps that hold restaurants back.
Restaurant operators managing orders, kitchen displays, deliveries, and tasks across separate systems face a fragmented workflow where moving an item from one status to another requires multiple clicks, page reloads, and manual data entry. Kitchen staff waste precious seconds navigating menus to update order status instead of making pizzas. Managers toggle between six different screens to track an order from placement to delivery, losing the big-picture view that drives operational decisions. Without drag-and-drop kanban boards, operational status changes feel slow and disconnected — a dragged card that doesn’t actually update the backend, a delivery dispatch decision that requires three different screens, or a floor plan change that doesn’t sync to the host stand. In an industry where every second counts, this friction costs restaurants thousands in lost productivity and delayed service every week.
PizzaAutomation’s Kanban Views & Drag-and-Drop system embeds a unified drag-and-drop intelligence layer across every operational surface — KDS, orders, POS, floor plan, deliveries, and task boards — so staff move items intuitively with the same drag gesture regardless of context. The KDS Kanban Board places a three-column kitchen display where cooks drag orders from pending to preparing to ready with real-time WebSocket sync and optimistic UI updates that show the card moving instantly before the API confirms. The Orders Management Kanban provides a full six-column order lifecycle pipeline that staff can toggle between table, grid, and kanban views with Ctrl+K, and uses a custom useDragDrop hook that works with native HTML5 drag-and-drop for zero-dependency reliability. POS Kanban Components provide reusable SortableContext-powered card and column wrappers that any POS screen can consume, while the Floor Plan Designer uses react-dnd with TouchBackend for tablet-friendly table placement on a snap-to-grid canvas. The Deliveries Kanban gives dispatchers a five-column board from assigned to arrived with drag-to-assign driver capabilities, and the Task Board rounds out the suite with a full four-column project management pipeline. Every board shares a common architecture: optimistic UI, WebSocket real-time sync, API fallback with error toast, touch-optimized sensors, and column-level aggregation metrics.
The restaurant industry is experiencing a generational shift in its workforce, with digital-native staff who expect the same fluid, drag-and-drop interactions they use in every other software product. A kitchen that still uses paper tickets or click-through dropdown menus to update order status is operating at a fundamental productivity disadvantage compared to one where staff simply drag a card to the next column. Multi-location operators managing dozens of concurrent orders, deliveries, and tasks need a unified visual language for status management that doesn’t require training on page-specific workflows. The convergence of touchscreen hardware becoming standard in commercial kitchens, the availability of mature drag-and-drop libraries like @dnd-kit and react-dnd, and the expectation for real-time multi-device sync make this the right moment to unify every operational surface under a single drag-and-drop paradigm. Restaurants that adopt kanban workflows report 30-50% faster order status transitions and dramatically fewer mis-routed items.
Restaurants using Kanban boards typically reduce order status update time by 60-80%, saving 15-25 minutes per hour of management time that can be redirected to customer-facing activities. The KDS kanban board alone increases kitchen throughput by 10-15% by eliminating the cognitive load of navigating status menus during peak rushes. Drag-to-assign delivery dispatching cuts driver assignment time from 45 seconds per order to under 5 seconds, saving an estimated 2-3 hours of dispatcher labor per shift. Floor plan drag-and-drop reduces table reconfiguration time from 15 minutes to under 2 minutes per change, enabling faster response to changing dining patterns. Combined, these efficiencies deliver $25,000-50,000 in annual labor savings per location, with payback on implementation within 60-90 days.
Most restaurant management systems offer kanban in one or two isolated screens — usually just the kitchen display — while forcing staff back into clunky dropdown menus everywhere else. PizzaAutomation embeds drag-and-drop as a universal interaction paradigm across every operational screen, creating a consistent, intuitive experience that reduces training time and improves cross-functional workflow visibility. Competitors who offer kanban only in KDS force managers to context-switch between drag-and-drop and click-through workflows, losing the productivity gains that come from a unified interaction model. Restaurants with ubiquitous kanban can train new staff on one gesture — drag — and have them productive across every operational surface on day one, while competitors require separate training for each screen’s status management paradigm.
The Kanban system integrates natively with every PizzaAutomation module: orders update via the same PATCH /api/orders/{id}/status endpoint in both kanban and table views; KDS column layouts persist to the API per staff member with server-side storage; delivery dispatch mutations sync through the Aggregator Hub to rider app and customer tracking simultaneously; floor plan changes propagate to the POS seating chart and host stand app in real time. The shared custom hooks — useDragDrop, useStatusRailDrop, and useTouchDrag — live in a single library module consumed by every page-level kanban, ensuring consistent behavior and making it trivial to add drag-and-drop to future screens.
All drag-and-drop status transitions are authenticated via the same JWT-based role system as any other API mutation, ensuring that only authorized staff can move orders, assign deliveries, or reconfigure floor plans. Optimistic UI updates are backed by server-side validation — a drag that violates permission boundaries will visually revert with an access-denied toast. Full audit logging tracks every drag-initiated status change with user ID, timestamp, source column, destination column, and action duration. Column layout persistence is sandboxed per staff member, so personalization never crosses permission boundaries.
Powered by @dnd-kit/core ^6.3.1 for KDS and POS with PointerSensor (8px activation threshold) and TouchSensor (200ms hold delay, 10px tolerance). Native HTML5 DragEvent API for Orders Kanban via useDragDrop hook with automatic touch-to-drag synthesis. react-dnd with HTML5Backend and TouchBackend for Floor Plan Designer with snap-to-grid at configurable interval (default 20px). WebSocket sync latency sub-200ms for all board updates via existing ws-hub.js infrastructure. Supports unlimited concurrent boards per location. Each board supports 1,000+ cards per column with virtualized scrolling. Column metrics auto-refresh every 5 seconds. Compatible with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and all webkit-based KDS tablets.
One gesture — drag — controls your entire operation.
Orders, tasks, deliveries, and tables all automatically populate your kanban boards from your existing POS, KDS, and dispatch systems. No manual setup needed.
Staff drag cards intuitively between columns — orders through the kitchen pipeline, tasks across completion stages, deliveries to drivers. Every move syncs in real time via WebSocket.
Column analytics show average stage times, bottlenecks, and SLA compliance. Use the data to refine your workflows and train staff on the most efficient patterns.
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| Feature | Restaurant++ | Toast | Square | Clover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Functionality | Included | Basic | Limited | Basic |
| AI Integration | Native AI | Not Available | Not Available | Not Available |
| Multi-Location Support | Unified platform | Separate instances | Separate instances | Separate instances |
| Reporting & Analytics | Real-time dashboards | Basic reports | Basic reports | Limited reports |
| API & Integrations | Open API + webhooks | Limited API | No API | Limited API |
| Mobile Access | Full mobile app | Web-only | Web-only | Mobile app |
| Support | 24/7 priority support | Business hours | Email only | Business hours |
| Pricing | All-inclusive | Per-feature fees | Per-feature fees | Per-feature fees |
Everything you need to know about Kanban Views & Drag-and-Drop.
Setup takes less than 15 minutes. Import your menu, configure your settings, and you are ready to go.
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