diff --git a/assets/stylesheets/App.css b/assets/stylesheets/App.css
index 33216362..bf2f21f2 100644
--- a/assets/stylesheets/App.css
+++ b/assets/stylesheets/App.css
@@ -1780,6 +1780,11 @@ body.objectKanbanColumnResizing * {
   box-shadow: -2px -1px 8px 4px rgba(253, 253, 253, 0.12);
 }
 
+.light-mode .objectTimelineShadow .objectTimelineRowLabel,
+.light-mode .objectTimelineShadow .objectTimelineRowHeaderLabel {
+  box-shadow: -2px -1px 8px 4px rgba(5, 5, 5, 0.06);
+}
+
 .objectTimelineRow:hover,
 .objectTimelineRow:hover .objectTimelineRowLabel {
   background-color: var(--color-table-header-bg);
@@ -2822,6 +2827,11 @@ body.objectKanbanColumnResizing * {
   opacity: 0.5;
 }
 
+.filter-input-quote,
+[data-quote] {
+  color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-text) 40%, transparent);
+}
+
 .filter-input-operand-tag {
   margin-inline-end: 0;
   margin-right: 0;
diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/common/FilterInput.jsx b/src/components/Dashboard/common/FilterInput.jsx
index 68e150b4..4a3c2892 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard/common/FilterInput.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/common/FilterInput.jsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const PROPERTY_FILTER_PANEL_MAX_HEIGHT = 220
 // Longer symbols first so ".." / "<>" / ">=" match before "." / "<" / ">".
 // Wildcards (* ?) are highlighted in place; @ stays as plain text — none are operands.
 const WILDCARDS = new Set(['*', '?'])
+const QUOTE = "'"
 
 const OPERANDS = [
   {
@@ -138,6 +139,11 @@ const tokenize = (raw = '') => {
       text = ''
       tokens.push({ type: 'wildcard', value: value[i] })
       i += 1
+    } else if (value[i] === QUOTE) {
+      pushText(text)
+      text = ''
+      tokens.push({ type: 'quote', value: QUOTE })
+      i += 1
     } else {
       text += value[i]
       i += 1
@@ -164,6 +170,14 @@ const renderDateUnitNode = (value) => {
   return span
 }
 
+const renderQuoteNode = () => {
+  const span = document.createElement('span')
+  span.setAttribute('data-quote', QUOTE)
+  span.className = 'filter-input-quote'
+  span.textContent = QUOTE
+  return span
+}
+
 const normalize = (raw = '') =>
   tokenize(raw)
     .map((token) => token.value)
@@ -414,7 +428,8 @@ const domMatchesTokens = (root, raw) => {
     return (
       node.getAttribute?.('data-operand') != null ||
       node.getAttribute?.('data-wildcard') != null ||
-      node.getAttribute?.('data-date-unit') != null
+      node.getAttribute?.('data-date-unit') != null ||
+      node.getAttribute?.('data-quote') != null
     )
   })
 
@@ -449,6 +464,12 @@ const domMatchesTokens = (root, raw) => {
         (child.textContent ?? '') === token.value
       )
     }
+    if (token.type === 'quote') {
+      return (
+        child.getAttribute?.('data-quote') === token.value &&
+        (child.textContent ?? '') === token.value
+      )
+    }
     return child.getAttribute?.('data-operand') === token.value
   })
 }
@@ -645,6 +666,8 @@ const FilterInput = ({
             nextChildren.push(renderWildcardNode(item.value))
           } else if (item.type === 'dateUnit') {
             nextChildren.push(renderDateUnitNode(item.value))
+          } else if (item.type === 'quote') {
+            nextChildren.push(renderQuoteNode())
           } else {
             nextChildren.push(takeChip(item.value))
           }
diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/common/ObjectTimelineItem.jsx b/src/components/Dashboard/common/ObjectTimelineItem.jsx
index 2689b292..31c004e8 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard/common/ObjectTimelineItem.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/common/ObjectTimelineItem.jsx
@@ -58,15 +58,13 @@ const ObjectTimelineItem = ({
         minWidth: position.isPoint ? undefined : 28,
         maxWidth: `calc(${100 - position.left}% - 4px)`,
         height: 30,
-        padding: '0 10px',
+        padding: '0 11px',
         overflow: 'visible',
         whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
         flex: '0 0 auto',
         borderRadius: 8,
         color: 'white',
-        background: color,
-        boxShadow:
-          '0 1px 3px color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-primary) 35%, transparent)'
+        background: color
       }}
     >
       <div
diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/common/QuickPropertyFilters.jsx b/src/components/Dashboard/common/QuickPropertyFilters.jsx
index 8e85b797..c9452928 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard/common/QuickPropertyFilters.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/common/QuickPropertyFilters.jsx
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ const buildExpression = (operator, rawValue, property) => {
     case 'isFalse':
       return 'false'
     case 'isEmpty':
-      return ''
+      return "''"
+    case 'isNotEmpty':
+      return "<>''"
     default:
       return value
   }
@@ -158,7 +160,10 @@ const getFilterOptions = (category) => {
     case 'boolean':
       return [
         { key: 'isTrue', label: 'Is true' },
-        { key: 'isFalse', label: 'Is false' }
+        { key: 'isFalse', label: 'Is false' },
+        { type: 'divider' },
+        { key: 'isEmpty', label: 'Is empty' },
+        { key: 'isNotEmpty', label: 'Is not empty' }
       ]
     case 'number':
       return [
@@ -178,7 +183,10 @@ const getFilterOptions = (category) => {
           needsValue: true
         },
         { type: 'divider' },
-        { key: 'between', label: 'Between', needsRange: true }
+        { key: 'between', label: 'Between', needsRange: true },
+        { type: 'divider' },
+        { key: 'isEmpty', label: 'Is empty' },
+        { key: 'isNotEmpty', label: 'Is not empty' }
       ]
     case 'date':
       return [
@@ -188,6 +196,9 @@ const getFilterOptions = (category) => {
         { key: 'greaterThan', label: 'After', needsValue: true },
         { key: 'between', label: 'Between', needsRange: true },
         { type: 'divider' },
+        { key: 'isEmpty', label: 'Is empty' },
+        { key: 'isNotEmpty', label: 'Is not empty' },
+        { type: 'divider' },
         { key: 'yesterday', label: 'Yesterday', expression: '-1D' },
         { key: 'today', label: 'Today', expression: 'TODAY' },
         { key: 'tomorrow', label: 'Tomorrow', expression: '+1D' },
@@ -298,7 +309,10 @@ const getFilterOptions = (category) => {
     case 'object':
       return [
         { key: 'equals', label: 'Equals', needsValue: true },
-        { key: 'notEquals', label: 'Does not equal', needsValue: true }
+        { key: 'notEquals', label: 'Does not equal', needsValue: true },
+        { type: 'divider' },
+        { key: 'isEmpty', label: 'Is empty' },
+        { key: 'isNotEmpty', label: 'Is not empty' }
       ]
     case 'text':
     default:
@@ -319,7 +333,8 @@ const getFilterOptions = (category) => {
         { key: 'equals', label: 'Equals', needsValue: true },
         { key: 'notEquals', label: 'Does not equal', needsValue: true },
         { type: 'divider' },
-        { key: 'isEmpty', label: 'Is empty' }
+        { key: 'isEmpty', label: 'Is empty' },
+        { key: 'isNotEmpty', label: 'Is not empty' }
       ]
   }
 }
@@ -396,8 +411,8 @@ const QuickPropertyFilters = ({
       applyFilter(option.key)
       return
     }
-    if (option.key === 'isEmpty') {
-      applyFilter('isEmpty')
+    if (option.key === 'isEmpty' || option.key === 'isNotEmpty') {
+      applyFilter(option.key)
       return
     }
     setInputValue(null)