Single Issue View

Live Updates

In single issue view, updates are applied to issues in real time. When another user applies a change to an issue that you are currently viewing, the update is shown immediately. If the update is added to a section of the activity stream that is not currently visible in your web browser, a notification is shown at the bottom of the page.

If changes are applied to an issue that is open in an inactive browser tab, you are notified that there are updates available and prompted to refresh the page.

Search Bar

The search bar is displayed in the single issue view.

This shows you the search context and query that determine which issues are shown and can be displayed by navigating between issues in this view.

• The search context includes a visible input field to filter items in the list.

• The query completion highlights search attributes that match the current input.

• Attribute values are shown in blue text. Words that are parsed as text search are shown in gold.

• The counter for issues that match the current search query is shown inline to the right the search bar.

When you access an issue from the Issues list, the following options are available in the search bar:

To learn more about search queries, see Search.

Issue Toolbar

The single issue view includes a toolbar that lets you apply specific actions to the current issue.

The following controls are available in single issue view:

Show More Menu

The following actions are available from the Show more menu:

Issue Details

The single issue view displays detailed information for the current issue.

The following issue details are shown in the body of the page:

Tags

Just below the toolbar, you'll find a list of tags that are currently attached to the issue.

• To add a tag, click the Add tag button in the toolbar or use the add tag <tag name> command.

• To remove a tag, click the Remove tag icon inside the tag or use the remove tag <tag name> command.

For more information about tags, see Tag Issues.

Quick Copy Options

A clickable control to the left of the issue ID lets you copy the issue ID and summary to the dashboard.

This control is shown only when you move your pointer over the issue ID.

Star Tag

In the upper-right corner of the issue view and just to the left of the issue summary there are controls that let you add the Star tag to the issue. This action also adds you to the list of watchers.

Click the icon a second time to stop watching the issue.

When the issue has one or more watchers, a counter is shown to the left of the Star icon. Click the counter to show the list of users who are watching the issue.

For more information, see Watch Issues.

Voters

In the upper-right corner of the issue view are the controls that let you vote for an issue and view the list of voters.

• Click the Vote icon to vote for an issue. If you are the reporter for the current issue, this control is disabled.

• When an issue has one or more votes, a counter is shown to the left of the Vote icon. Click the counter to show the list of users who have voted for the issue.

For more information, see Vote for Issues.

Supplemental Text Fields

Single issue view supports a special type of custom field for storing text. These fields store a string of characters that you can format in Visual or Markdown mode.

Fields with this type are not shown in the sidebar with other custom fields. Instead, they appear just below the issue description.

As with the issue summary and description, you can only change the values for text-based fields when an issue is open in create or edit mode.

Otherwise, working with supplemental text fields is just like any other custom field in YouTrack.

• To learn how to add fields to a project, see Add a New Custom Field.

• To learn more about fields that store vales as text, see Simple Types.

Issue Links

This panel displays a list of issues that are linked to the current issue. It is only visible when the current issue is linked to at least one issue. When this panel is hidden, you can either use the Add links button in the toolbar to link to other issues or use the syntax add <link type> <target issue> to link to other issues with a command.

• The toolbar displays counters for each issue link type.

• All the issues that are linked to the current issue are displayed as a list, grouped by issue link type.

• Unresolved issues are shown higher in the list.

• The height of the panel is restricted. You can scroll to view more linked issues, click the tabs to show issues by link type, or click the Expand all control at the bottom of the panel to show all linked issues.

The following controls are available in this panel:

For each issue that is linked to the current issue, you see an icon that represents the issue priority, the issue ID, and summary. Click the link for the ID and summary to open a linked issue in single issue view.

The following options are available for each issue in the linked issues panel:

For more information, see Link Issues.

Attachments

Relevant information is often contained in external files that are attached to an issue. The files that are attached to the current issue are shown as thumbnails in the Attachments panel.

Additional actions for each attachment are shown when you move the pointer over the thumbnails for attached files.

Relevant information is often contained in external files that are attached to an issue. The files that are attached to the current issue are shown as thumbnails in the Attachments panel.

Here, you also find a dedicated menu for downloading all attachments.

Additional actions for each attachment are shown when you move the pointer over the thumbnails for attached files.

The following options are available for each item in the Attachments panel:

For images and video files, additional controls are available. To learn more about these controls, see View Attachments.

To attach new files to an issue, you can use one of the attachment options from the Show more menu or simply drag files from your local directory to the section of the page that displays the issue description.

In issues that contain several attachments, you may have trouble following the thread between the issue description and the activity stream below. If so, use the control to collapse the Attachments panel and get it out of your way.

For more information, see Attach Files.

Activity Stream

The activity stream at the bottom of the page provides a chronological list of changes that have been applied to the issue. The filters at the top of the list let you select which types of changes you want to show or hide.

Here's an example of the activity stream filtered to show comments and VCS changes:

The following filters are shown in the toolbar at the top of the activity stream:

For more information about the updates that are shown in the activity stream, see View Issue Updates.

The Activity settings menu stores your preferences for viewing items in the activity stream. You can select whether to show activity from newest to oldest or vice versa.

The following options are available from the Activity settings menu:

Fields Panel

The panel next to the issue detail displays additional information related to the current issue. By default, this panel appears on the right side of the page.

The following information is shown in this section of the page:

You can drag the edge of the panel to resize it. Double-click the resizing control to expand or collapse the panel.

There's an option in your YouTrack profile that lets you move the field panel to the left side of the page. Many users prefer this layout because it consolidates all the important information to the left of the page where it can be scanned at a glance.