diff --git a/src/components/misc/Icon.ts b/src/components/misc/Icon.ts
index b1ce58ee4..3bf7b60ea 100644
--- a/src/components/misc/Icon.ts
+++ b/src/components/misc/Icon.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 	faEllipsisH,
 	faEllipsisV,
 	faExclamation,
+	faExpand,
 	faEye,
 	faEyeSlash,
 	faFillDrip,
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ library.add(faCog)
 library.add(faComments)
 library.add(faEllipsisH)
 library.add(faEllipsisV)
+library.add(faExpand)
 library.add(faExclamation)
 library.add(faEye)
 library.add(faEyeSlash)
diff --git a/src/components/misc/modal.vue b/src/components/misc/modal.vue
index 6a380a785..693bad304 100644
--- a/src/components/misc/modal.vue
+++ b/src/components/misc/modal.vue
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export default {
 </script>
 
 <script lang="ts" setup>
-import {ref, watchEffect} from 'vue'
+import {nextTick, ref, watchEffect} from 'vue'
 import {useScrollLock} from '@vueuse/core'
 import {useFocusTrap} from '@vueuse/integrations/useFocusTrap'
 import type {RouteLocationRaw} from 'vue-router'
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ const modal = ref(null)
 const {activate, deactivate} = useFocusTrap(modal)
 watchEffect(() => {
 	if (props.enabled) {
-		activate()
+		// wait for content to be loaded
+		nextTick(() => activate())
 	} else {
 		deactivate()
 	}
diff --git a/src/composables/useRouteWithModal.ts b/src/composables/useRouteWithModal.ts
index 518654f5f..cdffdaaa7 100644
--- a/src/composables/useRouteWithModal.ts
+++ b/src/composables/useRouteWithModal.ts
@@ -36,29 +36,34 @@ export function useRouteWithModal() {
 		routerIsReady.value = true
 	})
 
+	const hasModal = ref(false)
 	const baseRoute = shallowRef<RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded>()
 	watch(
 		[routerIsReady, historyStateBackdropRoutePath],
 		async () => {
 			if (routerIsReady.value === false || !route.fullPath) {
 				// wait until we can work with routes
+				hasModal.value = false
 				return
 			}
 
 			if (historyStateBackdropRoutePath.value === undefined) {
 				if (route.meta?.showAsModal !== true) {
+					hasModal.value = false
 					baseRoute.value = route
 					return
 				}
 				// TODO: maybe load parent route here in the future,
 				// via: route.matched[route.matched.length - 2]
 				// see: https://router.vuejs.org/guide/migration/#removal-of-parent-from-route-locations
+				hasModal.value = true
 				baseRoute.value = await resolveAndLoadRoute({ name: 'home' })
 				return
 			}
 	
 			// we get the resolved route from the fullpath
 			// and wait for the route component to be loaded before we assign it
+			hasModal.value = true
 			baseRoute.value = await resolveAndLoadRoute(historyStateBackdropRoutePath.value)
 		},
 		{immediate: true},
@@ -68,9 +73,9 @@ export function useRouteWithModal() {
 
 	const modalRoute = shallowRef<VNode>()
 	watch(
-		[backdropRoute, route],
+		() => [hasModal.value, backdropRoute.value, route],
 		() => {
-			if (routerIsReady.value === false || !route.fullPath || !backdropRoute.value) {
+			if (hasModal.value === false) {
 				modalRoute.value = undefined
 				return
 			}
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ export function useRouteWithModal() {
 			const props = getRouteProps(route)
 
 			props.isModal = true
-			props.backdropRoutePath = backdropRoute.value.fullPath
+			props.backdropRoutePath = backdropRoute.value?.fullPath
 			props.onClose = closeModal
 
 			const component = route.matched[0]?.components?.default
@@ -102,6 +107,7 @@ export function useRouteWithModal() {
 			return router.push({ name: 'home' })
 		} else {
 			router.back()
+			// this should never happen
 			throw new Error('')
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/router/index.ts b/src/router/index.ts
index d572a7765..6bc8db483 100644
--- a/src/router/index.ts
+++ b/src/router/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { createRouter, createWebHistory } from 'vue-router'
-import type { RouteLocation } from 'vue-router'
+import {createRouter, createWebHistory, type RouteLocation, type RouteLocationRaw} from 'vue-router'
 import {saveLastVisited} from '@/helpers/saveLastVisited'
 
 import {saveListView, getListView} from '@/helpers/saveListView'
@@ -80,6 +79,14 @@ const NewNamespaceComponent = () => import('@/views/namespaces/NewNamespace.vue'
 const EditTeamComponent = () => import('@/views/teams/EditTeam.vue')
 const NewTeamComponent = () =>  import('@/views/teams/NewTeam.vue')
 
+
+declare module 'vue-router' {
+  interface RouteMeta {
+    title?: string
+		showAsModal?: boolean
+  }
+}
+
 const router = createRouter({
 	history: createWebHistory(),
 	scrollBehavior(to, from, savedPosition) {
@@ -358,8 +365,7 @@ const router = createRouter({
 			redirect(to) {
 				// Redirect the user to list view by default
 
-				const savedListView = getListView(to.params.listId)
-				console.debug('Replaced list view with', savedListView)
+				const savedListView = getListView(Number(to.params.listId))
 
 				return {
 					name:  router.hasRoute(savedListView)
@@ -373,14 +379,14 @@ const router = createRouter({
 			path: '/lists/:listId/list',
 			name: 'list.list',
 			component: ListList,
-			beforeEnter: (to) => saveListView(to.params.listId, to.name),
+			beforeEnter: (to) => saveListView(Number(to.params.listId), to.name as string),
 			props: route => ({ listId: Number(route.params.listId as string) }),
 		},
 		{
 			path: '/lists/:listId/gantt',
 			name: 'list.gantt',
 			component: ListGantt,
-			beforeEnter: (to) => saveListView(to.params.listId, to.name),
+			beforeEnter: (to) => saveListView(Number(to.params.listId), to.name as string),
 			// FIXME: test if `useRoute` would be the same. If it would use it instead.
 			props: route => ({route}),
 		},
@@ -388,7 +394,7 @@ const router = createRouter({
 			path: '/lists/:listId/table',
 			name: 'list.table',
 			component: ListTable,
-			beforeEnter: (to) => saveListView(to.params.listId, to.name),
+			beforeEnter: (to) => saveListView(Number(to.params.listId), to.name as string),
 			props: route => ({ listId: Number(route.params.listId as string) }),
 		},
 		{
@@ -396,7 +402,7 @@ const router = createRouter({
 			name: 'list.kanban',
 			component: ListKanban,
 			beforeEnter: (to) => {
-				saveListView(to.params.listId, to.name)
+				saveListView(Number(to.params.listId), to.name as string)
 				// Properly set the page title when a task popup is closed
 				const listStore = useListStore()
 				const listFromStore = listStore.getListById(Number(to.params.listId))
@@ -519,4 +525,59 @@ router.beforeEach(async (to) => {
 	return getAuthForRoute(to)
 })
 
+// https://github.com/vuejs/router/blob/4386ec992f2b96e7309c88f5174f667d9a8a26b2/packages/router/src/router.ts#L595-L628
+export function handleRedirectRecord(to: RouteLocation): RouteLocationRaw | void {
+	const lastMatched = to.matched[to.matched.length - 1]
+	if (!lastMatched || !lastMatched.redirect) {
+		return
+	}
+	const { redirect } = lastMatched
+	let newTargetLocation = redirect
+	
+	if (typeof redirect === 'function') {
+		newTargetLocation = redirect(to)
+	}
+	if (typeof newTargetLocation === 'string') {
+		newTargetLocation =
+			newTargetLocation.includes('?') || newTargetLocation.includes('#')
+				// because I didn't want to copy `locationAsObject` as well
+				// I replaced it with `router.resolve`.
+				// This might cause problems, but I'm not sure of which kind
+				// ? (newTargetLocation = locationAsObject(newTargetLocation))
+				? (newTargetLocation = router.resolve(newTargetLocation))
+				: // force empty params
+					{ path: newTargetLocation }
+		// @ts-expect-error: force empty params when a string is passed to let
+		// the router parse them again
+		newTargetLocation.params = {}
+	}
+
+	if (
+		// __DEV__ &&
+		!('path' in newTargetLocation) &&
+		!('name' in newTargetLocation)
+	) {
+		console.log(
+			`Invalid redirect found:\n${JSON.stringify(
+				newTargetLocation,
+				null,
+				2,
+			)}\n when navigating to "${
+				to.fullPath
+			}". A redirect must contain a name or path. This will break in production.`,
+		)
+		throw new Error('Invalid redirect')
+	}
+
+	return Object.assign(
+		{
+			query: to.query,
+			hash: to.hash,
+			// avoid transferring params if the redirect has a path
+			params: 'path' in newTargetLocation ? {} : to.params,
+		},
+		newTargetLocation,
+	)
+}
+
 export default router
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/views/tasks/TaskDetailView.vue b/src/views/tasks/TaskDetailView.vue
index 79882685e..66332778d 100644
--- a/src/views/tasks/TaskDetailView.vue
+++ b/src/views/tasks/TaskDetailView.vue
@@ -284,6 +284,22 @@
 					<comments :can-write="canWrite" :task-id="taskId"/>
 				</div>
 				<div class="column is-one-third action-buttons d-print-none" v-if="canWrite || isModal">
+					<x-button
+						v-if="isModal"
+						:to="{ name: 'task.detail', params: {id: task.id}, state: { backdropRoutePath: undefined }, force: true}"
+						variant="secondary"
+					>
+						<span class="icon is-small"><icon icon="expand"/></span>
+						Expand
+					</x-button>
+					<x-button
+						v-else
+						:to="overlayRoute"
+						variant="secondary"
+					>
+						<span class="icon is-small"><icon icon="expand"/></span>
+						Show as Overlay
+					</x-button>
 					<template v-if="canWrite">
 						<x-button
 							:class="{'is-success': !task.done}"
@@ -453,6 +469,8 @@ import {useI18n} from 'vue-i18n'
 import {unrefElement} from '@vueuse/core'
 import cloneDeep from 'lodash.clonedeep'
 
+import {handleRedirectRecord} from '@/router'
+
 import TaskService from '@/services/task'
 import TaskModel, {TASK_DEFAULT_COLOR} from '@/models/task'
 
@@ -525,6 +543,23 @@ const kanbanStore = useKanbanStore()
 const task = reactive<ITask>(new TaskModel())
 useTitle(toRef(task, 'title'))
 
+const overlayRoute = computed(() => {
+	const resolvedbackdropRoute = router.resolve({ name: 'list.index', params: {listId: task.listId} })
+
+	// resolvedbackdropRoute.matched.forEach((record) => console.log(record.redirect))
+
+	// 'list.index' will always redirect, so we need to resolve the redirected route record
+	const backdropRoutePath = handleRedirectRecord(resolvedbackdropRoute)
+
+	return {
+		name: 'task.detail',
+		params: {id: task.id},
+		state: { backdropRoutePath },
+		// if force is not enabled it seems like vue router doesn't recognise the route change
+		force: true,
+	}
+})
+
 // We doubled the task color property here because verte does not have a real change property, leading
 // to the color property change being triggered when the # is removed from it, leading to an update,
 // which leads in turn to a change... This creates an infinite loop in which the task is updated, changed,