As part of our continued effort to enhance the user experience across Buildertrend, we’ve made several updates designed to improve consistency, protect your data, and pave the way for even more enhancements.

These changes impact how users enter and view information across Buildertrend, introducing a more intentional and predictable workflow. By aligning the layout and behavior of Buildertrend features, users can expect a more efficient experience with fewer surprises, especially helpful for new team members or those working across multiple features.

Here’s what’s new:

If you’ve noticed a few buttons moving around, or an extra click when editing something, that’s because we’re gradually rolling out view and edit states across Buildertrend.

Here’s what you can expect:

This shift isn’t just about moving buttons , it’s about creating a more reliable and intuitive experience, helps prevent mistakes, and unlocks future improvements like audit trails, versioning, and smarter automation.

We’ve standardized and simplified action buttons across the platform. Instead of seeing multiple buttons like “Save,” “Save & Close,” and “Save & Release,” you’ll now interact with a single Save button with a dropdown for additional options.

We’ve also moved less frequently used actions into an ellipsis menu to reduce screen clutter. In addition, we’ve updated terminology to be more intuitive:

These changes create a more consistent and predictable experience across features. By reducing the number of visible buttons and unifying button behavior, you can complete tasks with greater clarity and fewer clicks. It also makes onboarding easier for new team members and supports a cleaner, more focused workflow.

We’ve updated feature status labels to better reflect the current status of feature entity and to align with recent button terminology changes. The new status terms are:

These updated labels provide a more intuitive understanding of what’s happening behind the scenes and who needs to take action.

Clearer status indicators help reduce confusion and improve communication across your team. With more descriptive, action-based language, users can quickly see where something stands, whether it still needs review, has been sent for approval, or was pulled back for changes. This supports more efficient collaboration and smoother project workflows.

Some features that previously opened in a popup modal will now open in a full-page view. While modals are ideal for quick, simple tasks, full-page views are better suited for more detailed or collaborative workflows. This shift is part of a broader effort to improve usability and efficiency as project complexity increases.

Pages support complex workflows like reviewing attachments, checking financial impact, or managing multiple statuses without stacking more modals.

Full-page views improve how you navigate, organize, and return to your work. They make it easier to:

Moving away from cramped modals and into full-page flows supports a more predictable experience, including on mobile and smaller screens.

Consistency across workflows makes the platform easier to learn, easier to teach, and easier to trust. Whether you're reviewing a proposal, creating a change order, or managing your to dos, you’ll start to see familiar patterns that help your team move faster with fewer mistakes.

We recognize these shifts might feel a bit more “clicky” at first. Returning to a list or jumping back into edit mode may take an extra step.

To help, we’re actively improving back navigation, adding hotkeys, and exploring in-place editing to streamline the experience.

Visit Current Product Improvements to learn more about recent improvements.

If you have any questions or require additional support, feel free to chat with us, send an email: support@buildertrend.com, or give us a call at 1-888-415-7149. We’re always happy to help.