Storage Locations

Track where your physical items are stored with a hierarchical location system. Create locations like rooms, shelves, boxes, and bins, then assign items to know exactly where everything is.

Why Use Storage Locations?

When your collection grows beyond a few items, remembering where everything is stored becomes a challenge. Storage locations let you:

• Know exactly where each item is stored
• Browse items by location instead of by collection
• Track when items move between locations
• Organize storage hierarchically (e.g., "House > Living Room > Bookshelf A > Shelf 3")

Creating Storage Locations

1. Click the Storage tab in the main navigation
2. In the left sidebar, click the + button
3. Enter a Name for the location (e.g., "Living Room Bookshelf")
4. Choose a Location Type to categorize it (building, room, furniture, shelf, drawer, box, bin, or generic)
5. Optionally add a Description, Color, and Icon
6. If this location is inside another location, select a Parent Location
7. Click Create

Building a Location Hierarchy

You can nest locations up to 8 levels deep. For example:

• House (building)
  • Living Room (room)
    • Bookshelf A (furniture)
      • Shelf 1 (shelf)
      • Shelf 2 (shelf)
      • Shelf 3 (shelf)
  • Garage (room)
    • Storage Box 1 (box)
    • Storage Box 2 (box)

To create a child location, click the + button next to any location in the tree, or select a parent when creating a new location.

Assigning Items to Locations

There are three ways to assign an item to a storage location:

From the Item Editor

1. Open any item by clicking on it
2. In the edit modal, find the Storage Location dropdown
3. Select a location from the tree
4. The item is automatically assigned

From the Storage Page

1. Go to the Storage tab
2. Select a location in the tree
3. Use the Assign Items feature to add items to that location

Bulk Assignment

1. Select multiple items using selection mode
2. Use the bulk assign feature to move all selected items to a location at once

Browsing Items by Location

1. Click the Storage tab
2. Click any location in the left sidebar tree
3. The main area shows all items stored at that location
4. Toggle Include items in sub-locations to also see items in nested locations

Viewing an Item's Location

Items with an assigned storage location show a small teal badge with the location name:

• In Grid view, the badge appears below the item's tags
• In List view, the badge appears inline in the item row

Click on the badge or open the item to see the full location path (breadcrumb).

Moving Items Between Locations

1. Open the item you want to move
2. Change the Storage Location dropdown to the new location
3. The move is automatically recorded in the item's location history

Viewing Move History

Each item keeps a history of location changes:

1. Open the item
2. Check the Location History section to see when the item was moved and between which locations

Editing and Deleting Locations

Editing a Location

1. Go to the Storage tab
2. Select the location you want to edit
3. Click the Edit button
4. Update the name, type, description, color, or icon
5. Click Save

Deleting a Location

1. Select the location you want to delete
2. Click the Delete button
3. Confirm the deletion
4. Any child locations will be moved up to the deleted location's parent
5. Items assigned to the deleted location will become unassigned

Limits

• You can create up to 200 storage locations
• Locations can be nested up to 8 levels deep
• Location names can be up to 100 characters
• You can bulk-assign up to 100 items at once

Mobile App

Storage locations are also available on the mobile app:

1. Tap the Storage button on the home screen
2. Browse the location tree
3. Tap any location to see items stored there
4. Create new locations with the + button

Related Guides

• Items - Learn about adding and managing items
• Collections - Learn about organizing collections