---
title: "Adds task photo button"
summary: "Technicians could not add a photo to a task unless it was required."
slug: a-photo-button-on-every-task-row
date: 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
tags: ["mobile", "tasks", "photos"]
ref: "88"
status: published
url: https://updates.poolcloud.com/a-photo-button-on-every-task-row
site: "PoolCloud updates"
---

# Adds task photo button

## The problem

> "Add a photo button to each row for every task, and it should look different for optional versus required."

- Only required-photo tasks showed a camera on the row.
- Optional photos meant opening the task sheet first.

## What we considered

### A. Same glyph, two inks {chosen}

![A](https://updates.poolcloud.com/media/poolcloud/a-photo-button-on-every-task-row/88A.png)
- One shape; colour tells required from optional.

### B. Ring versus ghost

![B](https://updates.poolcloud.com/media/poolcloud/a-photo-button-on-every-task-row/88B.png)
- Required stands out; optional rows stay quiet.

### C. A word on required

![C](https://updates.poolcloud.com/media/poolcloud/a-photo-button-on-every-task-row/88C.png)
- Works without colour vision, but takes more room.

## What we went with

- Every row has a camera: orange required, grey optional.
- After a photo, it shows the thumbnail and count.
- Task sheet camera unchanged; arrives in the next app build.