# Predecessor and Successor tasks

Source: [https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/virto-gantt-chart-web-part/using-virto-gantt-chart-web-part/working-with-tasks-in-virto-gantt-chart-web-part/predecessor-and-successor-tasks/](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/virto-gantt-chart-web-part/using-virto-gantt-chart-web-part/working-with-tasks-in-virto-gantt-chart-web-part/predecessor-and-successor-tasks/)
Product: Virto Gantt Chart Web Part
Updated: 2026-08-12


Virto Gantt Chart Web Part for SharePoint Online / SharePoint 2013 allows users to display successors and predecessors relationship.

Predecessor and successor tasks are connected through arrows. Successor will start after predecessor.

![Virto Gantt Chart Web Part showing predecessor and successor tasks linked by dependency arrows](https://img-docs.virtosoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/predecessor_and_successor_tasks_1.png)

Virto Gantt Chart Web Part allows users to define finish-to-start relations between tasks and create successors and predecessors by simple arrows drag-and-drop. Just click a task that will be a predecessor and drag the arrow to a task which you want to make a successor.

![Dragging an arrow from a predecessor to a successor task to create a finish-to-start dependency](https://img-docs.virtosoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/predecessor_and_successor_tasks_2.png)

To delete the dependency just click and select the arrow and then choose “Delete the dependency” in the menu appeared.

![Selected dependency arrow with the Delete the dependency menu option in Virto Gantt Chart Web Part](https://img-docs.virtosoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/predecessor_and_successor_tasks_3.png)