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Card View and List View

BusyContacts can display your contacts in two formats — Card View and List View.

Navigation Buttons

Card View​

The Card View lists your contacts in a single column on the left with each card displaying a photo, name and subtitle (company, title, city or email domain).

Card View
  • You can control how Names are displayed in the Card View (e.g., "Tim Cook" or "Cook Tim") in General Settings. This setting also applies to the List View.
  • You can control the sort order of the Card View (Last/First, First/Last, Address Book or Tag), in View Settings.

Quick-Jump Index Bar​

The Card View includes a quick-jump index bar on the right edge of the contact list. Click or drag along the index to fast-scroll directly to a letter of the alphabet, saving you from manually scrolling through large contact lists.

List View​

The List View displays your contacts in a table with customizable columns and sort order.

List View

In the List View, you can:

  • Show or Hide columns by control-clicking on the column header.
  • Sort a column by clicking the column header. Click again to reverse sort.
  • Move a column by dragging the column header.
  • Resize a column by dragging the right edge of the column header.

View Settings​

You can customize the Card View and List View in View Settings by selecting BusyContacts > Settings > Views.

  • Sort Card View by — Controls how contacts are sorted in the Card View (Last First, First Last, Address Book, or Tag). Note: You can control how the names are displayed (Last First or First Last) in the General Settings tab.
  • Use phonetic names when available — Uses phonetic names for sorting when phonetic name fields exist on a contact.
  • Group pinned contacts — Keeps pinned contacts grouped together at the top of the list.
  • Group Upcoming Events — Promotes contacts with upcoming dates to the top of the list. Use the dropdown to set the look-ahead window and the sub-checkboxes to choose which date types (Birthdays, Anniversaries, Death Anniversaries, Other Dates) are included. See Upcoming Events.
  • Show contact photos in list — Shows contact photos in List View.
  • Use address book color for names — Shows names using each address book's color (when available).
  • Show notes indicator in list — Shows an indicator in List View when a contact has Notes.
  • List View Font — Controls the font and size of the List View columns.
  • List View Columns — Controls which columns are displayed in List View. You can also choose which columns to display by control-clicking on the column headers in List View.
  • Sort List View by — Controls the sorting of the List View. You can sort up to four levels deep in ascending or descending order. You can also choose which columns to sort by by clicking on the column headers in List View.
  • Sort Name Column by — Controls how the Name column is sorted in the List View (Last First or First Last). Note: You can control how the names are displayed (Last First or First Last) in the General Settings tab.
  • List View Custom Columns — You can display up to 10 Custom Fields in the List View by entering the Custom field labels and checking them.
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