Low stock alert no longer a different color in Status

I used to use the low stock alert to help with ordering- when the alert was triggered, the number available would turn yellow, and it was easy to glance at items sorted by vendor and see what needed to be ordered. However, with the new update, it stays green until it's just out of stock. It will say "Low in stock" if I hover my cursor over the number available, but this is wildly unhelpful; if I have to take the time to check each individual item line by hand to see if the stock is low, I don't need the alert, I'm now just doing that work myself. I don't suppose there's a setting somewhere to change that color? This is costing me a ton of time.

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This one frustrated me too — we manage over 1,000 SKUs and that yellow colour was genuinely useful for quick visual scanning. With the new update removing the colour change, the alert is basically invisible unless you hover each item individually.

Unfortunately there's no setting to bring the colour back — it was a UI change Square made. The best workaround I've found is using the Low Stock report instead: go to Items > Reports > Low Stock. This gives you a filtered list of everything below threshold without needing to scan the full catalog.

I'd strongly recommend posting this in the Feedback section as well. A visual indicator (colour, icon, anything) for low stock items in the main list view shouldn't have been removed — it was a genuinely useful feature.

Dane

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Mobilebarn Electronics Store, Maclean, NSW, AU

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Thanks for the tip, I guess that's probably the best workaround for now. I really hope this was an oversight that will be corrected quickly. I will definitely post to Feedback, as well.

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The new Item Library is a mess! Costs don't update when receiving stock, low stock and sold out alerts don't work correctly, and the new printer interface for barcodes is completely and utterly redundant... I swear they do not test anything before they change it. They need to STOP changing things, fix what is broken, and leave it alone!!!

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