Using Lovely Seating on a phone or tablet

You can plan your whole seating chart on a phone. Lovely Seating runs in your browser (Safari, Chrome and so on), so there’s no app to download. Sign in with the same account and you’ll see the same weddings on your phone, tablet and computer.

How the phone layout is different

A bottom bar instead of a sidebar

On a phone the six screens sit in a bar along the bottom with short names: Home, Tables, Guests, Floor plan, Print and QR Code. They match Overview, Table list, Guests, Floor plan, Print & Export and QR Code / Seat Finder on a computer.

Panels slide up from the bottom

Guest details and table details open as sheets from the bottom of the screen. Close one by tapping outside it or tapping the X. On Android, the Back button closes the top sheet too.

A slimmer top bar

To save room, the top bar shows fewer buttons on a phone. The plan menu shows just an icon, and Share becomes a small person-plus icon. Undo and Redo appear on the Floor plan screen. Version history, Preview chart and the Getting started checklist are only on larger screens, so use a tablet or computer for those. Open Print & Export from the Print tab instead.

Getting back to your weddings

There’s no sidebar on a phone, so tap your initials in the top-right corner and choose Your weddings to return to the dashboard and open a different wedding.

Seating guests by touch

• Zoom and pan: pinch with two fingers to zoom the floor plan, and drag an empty part of the floor with one finger to move around.
• Seat guests: tap an empty chair to pick someone by name from Seat a guest here, or drag a name from the tray at the bottom onto a chair. Tap a table and choose Seat guests in its toolbar to open its details sheet.
• Move tables: press and hold a table for a moment and drag. Tap the padlock in the toolbar to lock the layout when you’re done, so tables stay put.
• Auto-seat: works the same as on a computer. See how Auto-Seat works.

For more detail, see editing the floor plan on your phone.

What’s easier on a bigger screen

Everything works on a phone, but a few jobs are more comfortable on a computer: importing a big spreadsheet, editing many guests at once, arranging a large room, and checking a printable chart before you send it to a print shop. Many couples build the plan on a laptop and use their phone for quick fixes as RSVPs come in.

Switching between devices

Your plan saves to your account automatically, so you can start on your laptop and carry on from your phone. If the same plan is open in two places, the older copy can’t overwrite newer changes. See working in two tabs or devices.