The Lists Tab

Skylight Calendar can help you keep track of lists. By default, your Skylight Account has pre-made lists for a Shopping and To-Dos, but you can add, remove, and customize lists to fit your planning needs.

Viewing Lists

Tap Lists in the Navigation Bar to display your lists.

If you have too many lists to fit on the screen, swipe left or right to see additional lists.

Working With Items

Adding an Item

Add new items to your lists with the Add item textbox at the top of every list, or with the list menu.

Add an item to a list with the Add item textbox:

1. Tap Lists in the Navigation Bar
2. Tap Add Item in a list.
3. Type the name of the item.
4. Tap the green check.
   

Add an item to a list with the list menu:

1. Tap the list menu icon next to the name.
   
2. Tap Add Item.
3. Type the name of the item.
4. Tap the green check.
   

Reordering Items

Reorder the items in a list, starting from the calendar home screen:

1. Tap the Lists tile.
2. Select a list.
3. Long press a list item to select it for reordering.
   When the item becomes selected, space will appear around the item, and a small orange pointer will appear to the left of the item.
4. Drag the item to a new location in the list.
5. Release the item.

Checking Off a List Item

Check off an item in a list by tapping the box next to the item name.

If completed items are set to be visible, they will display with a filled checkbox, in gray text, and with strikethrough.

Viewing Completed Items

To view or hide complete items:

1. Tap the Filter button.
2. Toggle Completed to view or hide completed items.

Working With Lists

Creating a List

Create a new list on the Calendar:

1. Tap Lists in the navigation bar.
2. Tap the add button.
   

The Add List dialog box will appear.

Across the top of the Add List dialog box is a row of buttons. Use the buttons to choose how you want to add the list:

• Type the new list directly into your Calendar.
• Take a Photo of the list and add it with Sidekick.
• Talk about your list with Sidekick with the microphone on your phone.

Type will be selected by default.

Tapping Photo or Talk displays a QR code you can use to quickly activate Sidekick on the Skylight Mobile App. You can also use Sidekick features from within the Skylight Mobile App at any time.

Sidekick requires a Skylight Plus subscription. If you wish to upgrade to Skylight Plus, please see https://www.myskylight.com/products/skylight-plus/

Type the List Into Your Skylight Calendar

1. Add a title in the Title textbox.
   Tap in the box and use the on-screen keyboard to add the title.
2. Choose a List type.
   • Use To do for lists of To do items. 
   • Use Grocery to set up a grocery list.
     Skylight will always use the list named Grocery List for ingredients added with the Add to Grocery List buttons, but you may make as many additional grocery lists as you like.
   • Use Other for any other kind of list.
3. Set the Color of the list.
   Tap a color in the color chooser.
4. Tap Add.

Take a Photo of the List

1. Select Photo.
2. Scan the QR code to Load the Skylight Mobile App.
   
3. Use Sidekick to create a list from the photo: Import Lists

Describe the List With Your Voice

1. Select Talk.
2. Scan the QR code to Load the Skylight Mobile App.
   
3. Use Sidekick to create a list with your voice: Import Lists

Editing a List

Edit a list by tapping the name of the list, or using the list menu.

By list name:

1. Tap the name of the list.
2. Make any needed changes to:
   • Title
   • List Type
   • Color
3. Tap Save.

With the list menu:

1. Tap the list menu icon next to the name.
   
2. Tap Edit List.
3. Make any needed changes to:
   • Title
   • List Type
   • Color
4. Tap Save.

Add a Section to a List

Use list section to help keep your list items organized.

Add a list section:

1. Tap the list menu icon next to the name.
   
2. Tap Add Section.
3. Type the name of the section.
4. Tap the green check.
   

Delete a List Section

Delete a list section:

1. Tap the list section name. 
2. Delete the list section name.
3. Tap the green check.
   
4. Tap Delete.

Clear Complete Items From a List

If you want to clear multiple completed items from a list, use the Clear Completed button.

Clear completed items:

1. Tap the list menu icon next to the name.
   
2. Tap Clear Completed.
3. Tap Delete.

Deleting a List

Delete a list by tapping the name of the list, or using the list menu.

By list name:

1. Tap the name of the list.
   The Edit List dialog will appear.
2. Tap Delete.
3. Tap Delete.

With the list menu:

1. Tap the list menu icon next to the name.
   
2. Tap Edit List.
3. Tap Delete.
4. Tap Delete.

Add Items From a Grocery List to Instacart

Every list on your Skylight Calendar that is of the Grocery List type will show an Instacart button at the top of the list:

You can use this button to add items from your Grocery List directly to Instacart.

Send Grocery List items to Instacart on Calendar:

1. Tap the Instacart icon at the top of a Grocery List.
   
2. Scan the displayed QR code with your phone.
   The QR code will open the Skylight Mobile App on your phone, with the appropriate list ready to go. 
3. On the Mobile App, tap Open Instacart.
4. Finish the purchase with Instacart.

For more about using Instacart with Skylight, please see: Adding Grocery List Items to Instacart.