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Task types

Task, Bug, Feature and Improvement, and the bug: prefix.

Every task is a Task, Bug, Feature or Improvement. Rows and board cards show the type as a coloured icon before the title and its name after it, so bugs are easy to spot. On a phone the name is hidden and the icon stays.

Pick a typeLink to this section

The New task dialog has a button for each type, with Task picked to start with. Click another to change it.

Or start the title with the type and a colon. Suru Me picks the type and drops the prefix from the title:

• bug: Login fails makes a Bug called "Login fails".
• feat: Export to CSV makes a Feature.
• imp: Faster search makes an Improvement.

Any start of a type's name works, as long as it's at least three letters, in any case: bug:, Feat:, improve:. The title needs another word after the prefix. Clicking a type button after typing a prefix removes the prefix and uses the button.

Change a typeLink to this section

Open the task in the issue panel and change its Type field. You can also filter and group any list by type. See Filters, grouping and sorting.

EpicsLink to this section

Epic is a type too, but you don't pick it. Making an epic sets it for you. See Epics.

Projects with their own typesLink to this section

Suru Me adds whichever of the four types a project is missing, the next time someone makes a task there. It never removes anything. Older values like Cosmetics or Milestone stay on the issues that have them and show plainly, with a grey dot, but only the four are offered for new tasks.

Every new task gets a type. If you don't choose one, it's a Task.