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| author | Achilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me> | 2016-08-19 08:30:59 +0300 |
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| committer | Achilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me> | 2016-08-22 16:09:26 +0300 |
| commit | 04d4208eed39d72ba4886c9920796d0172a20627 (patch) | |
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Add section on searching through the Backlog list
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diff --git a/doc/user/project/issue_board.md b/doc/user/project/issue_board.md index 0ad21606ef6..edc93f6bc13 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/issue_board.md +++ b/doc/user/project/issue_board.md @@ -85,6 +85,24 @@ in the list's heading. A confirmation dialog will appear for you to confirm. Deleting a list doesn't have any effect in issues and labels, it's just the list view that is removed. +## Searching issues in the Backlog list + +The very first time you start using the Issue Board, it is very likely your +issue tracker is already populated with labels and issues. In that case, +**Backlog** will have all the issues that don't belong to another list, and +**Done** will have all the closed ones. + +For performance and visibility reasons, each list shows the first 20 issues +by default. If you have more than 20, you have to start scrolling down for the +next 20 issues to appear. This can be cumbersome if your issue tracker hosts +hundreds of issues, and for that reason it is easier to search for issues to +move from **Backlog** to another list. + +Start typing in the search bar under the **Backlog** list and the relevant +issues will appear. + + + ## Filtering issues You should be able to use the filters on top of your Issue Board to show only @@ -141,6 +159,9 @@ A few things to remember: - Clicking on a label inside a card will quickly filter the entire Issue Board and show only the issues from all lists that have that label. - Issues inside lists are [ordered by priority](labels.md#prioritize-labels). +- For performance and visibility reasons, each list shows the first 20 issues + by default. If you have more than 20 issues start scrolling down and the next + 20 will appear. [ce-5554]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/5554 [labels]: ./labels.md |