Navigating Trailkeep
A quick map of the dashboard layout — where things live and how to get to them.
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Trailkeep dashboard with three labelled areas: the left sidebar (Trip Planner / Pack Planner tabs), the main content area, and the header bar with theme toggle, settings icon, and user menu.
The header
The dashboard header runs across the top of the screen. It contains controls that are used less frequently but matter when you need them:
| Element | What it does |
|---|---|
| Theme toggle | Switch between Light, Dark, and System theme |
| Preferences (⚙) | Display toggles — controls what columns and fields are visible in the planners |
| User menu (your avatar) | Access settings, import/export CSV, help, and log out |
The sidebar
The left sidebar switches between three sections:
- Home — your daily-use cockpit. Start a trip quickly, check in each day, and finish when you're back. When a trip is active this becomes the primary command surface, showing today's progress, the check-in timeline, and the safety timer countdown.
- Trip Planner — multi-day itineraries, waypoints, GPX routes, safety
- Pack Planner — gear lists, gear vault, weight tracking
Trip Planner and Pack Planner are the planning tools. Home is where you use the plan on trail.
User menu
Click your avatar (top right) to open the user menu.
The small dot on the avatar shows your connection status:
- Green — connected and in sync
- Amber (pulsing) — syncing offline changes to the server
- Red — offline. Changes are queued locally and will sync when you reconnect.
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User dropdown open showing: Settings, Import CSV, Export CSV, Help, Send feedback, Logout. The avatar has a green connection dot in the bottom-right corner.
| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
| Settings | Opens the account settings panel as an overlay — you stay on the dashboard |
| Import CSV | Import a Trailkeep gear list, Trailkeep trip, or LighterPack CSV export |
| Export CSV | Export gear lists or trips as CSV files |
| Help | Opens these docs in a new tab |
| Send feedback | Send feedback, report a bug, or ask a question |
| Logout | Logs you out on this device and redirects to the homepage |
Logout only ends your session on this device. If you are logged in on other devices, those sessions remain active until their tokens expire.
Preferences
The settings icon (⚙) in the header opens the Preferences panel — a set of toggles that control what detail is shown in the dashboard. Changes take effect immediately without a page reload.
Preferences sync across devices for your account.
There are three groups:
| Group | Toggles |
|---|---|
| General | Description, Prices |
| Pack Planner | Worn items, Consumable items, Checklist mode |
| Trip Planner | Water sources, Resupply points, GPX mode |
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Preferences panel open showing three groups of toggles: General (Description, Prices), Pack Planner (Worn items, Consumable items, Checklist mode), Trip Planner (Water sources, Resupply points, GPX mode).
Each preference is explained near the feature it affects. Quick reference:
- Description — adds a plain-text description field to lists and trips (line breaks preserved, 5,000 character maximum)
- Prices — adds a cost field to gear items and waypoints
- Worn items — shows a worn toggle on item rows; worn items are excluded from base weight (on by default)
- Consumable items — shows a consumable toggle on item rows; consumables are excluded from base weight (on by default)
- Checklist mode — adds a checkbox to each item row for packing verification; checks are private and never shown on shared lists
- Water sources — shows a water source button on waypoint rows (on by default)
- Resupply points — shows a resupply button on waypoint rows (on by default)
- GPX mode — enables the full GPX workflow in the Trip Planner: upload button, route map, and export (on by default)
The settings window
Click your avatar → Settings to open the full account settings panel. It opens as an overlay — you do not leave the dashboard. See Account settings for what each tab contains.
Planner toolbar
The planner toolbar sits below the header and is the main navigation control for the dashboard.
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Planner toolbar showing, left to right: vault/notes toggle button (gear icon), vertical divider, Trip tab button (active/highlighted), Pack tab button, QR icon button, Share icon button.
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Planner toolbar with Pack tab active, showing the gear icon on the vault/notes toggle.
It contains four elements:
Vault / Notes toggle
The button on the far left toggles the side panel for whichever tab is active — it is a single context-aware button, not two separate ones:
- Pack tab active — shows a gear icon. Opens and closes the Gear Vault.
- Trip tab active — shows a notes icon. Opens and closes Trail Notes.
A chevron arrow shows the current state: pointing right means the panel will open, pointing left means it will close. On screens below 1024px, the vault and notes panels open as full-screen overlays rather than sidebars.
Trip tab
Switches to the Trip Planner — trips, itineraries, waypoints, GPX routes, and safety features.
Pack tab
Switches to the Pack Planner — gear lists, item weights, and the Gear Vault.
QR button
Opens Account Settings → Emergency tab, where your Safety QR code is displayed. Only visible when the Trip tab is active. See Safety QR.
Share button
Opens the Share dialog for the active planner:
- On the Pack tab — share your current gear list
- On the Trip tab — share your current trip (with an option to attach a gear list to the shared view)
See Sharing a list and Sharing a trip.
The dashboard remembers which tab was open within your current session. Opening a fresh browser tab or window always starts on the Home tab.