https://www.redmine.org/https://www.redmine.org/favicon.ico?16793021292009-01-24T21:59:00ZRedmineRedmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=68982009-01-24T21:59:00ZJerome Vanthournout
<ul></ul><p>+1<br />I would also really appreciate this feature.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=69242009-01-26T12:28:36ZThomas Woelfle
<ul></ul><p>The same would be nice for categories and priorities too.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=71362009-02-05T09:56:50ZThomas Pihl
<ul></ul><p>Why not just document them on the wiki?</p>
<p>I have a page for each of those (incl some custom fields as well)</p>
<p>/T</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=71382009-02-05T10:09:32ZThomas Woelfle
<ul></ul><p>Thomas Pihl wrote:</p>
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<p>Why not just document them on the wiki?</p>
<p>I have a page for each of those (incl some custom fields as well)</p>
<p>/T</p>
</blockquote>
<p>That's what we are doing currently. Some of our developers mentioned that it would increase the usibility if they do not have to open one or more wiki pages (for statuses, categories, priorities, ...) while creating or updating issues.</p>
<p>Well, as said, it is just a usibility feature request.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=97342009-06-12T17:16:25ZBrad Mace
<ul></ul><p>If you could attach a description to each status/category/priority then it could be displayed as a tooltip, vs having to look it up on the wiki.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=469472013-03-18T14:37:38ZDipan Mehta
<ul></ul><p>+1 This is very important. Usually, when reading in a wiki you read things like reading a book - you don't know what to search for where. When people are in the 'act of doing things' it makes sense to give them tool tip or some contextual help which doesn't requires them to move around pages. This is very very crucial!</p>
<p>The closest to this I had came across - is <a href="http://projects.andriylesyuk.com/projects/extended-fields" class="external">extended fields</a> which provides Hint per field. Again, this doesn't help about core fields, and also it is not sufficiently contextual i.e. different for each tracker/status to tell users "what they should write HERE and NOW!"</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=469552013-03-18T15:17:17ZDaniel Felix
<ul></ul><p>This could be solved too by a new look of the issue generation. <br />Maybe I could provide a new issue assistent the coming weeks.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=473142013-03-22T12:42:18ZToshi MARUYAMA
<ul><li><strong>Category</strong> set to <i>Documentation</i></li></ul> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=473242013-03-22T14:49:44ZDipan Mehta
<ul></ul><p>Why is the category documentation? The feature is actually asking for 'Tooltip/Hint/Help framework based on context' in Redmine.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=473322013-03-22T15:28:06ZDipan Mehta
<ul></ul><p>Issue <a class="issue tracker-2 status-5 priority-4 priority-default closed" title="Feature: Add a description for trackers (Closed)" href="https://www.redmine.org/issues/442">#442</a> talks about contextual documentation of Tracker rather than Status or custom fields However, we can have generic frameworks that can encompass all such contextual help/documentation aspects.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=473752013-03-24T08:11:30ZToshi MARUYAMA
<ul><li><strong>Category</strong> deleted (<del><i>Documentation</i></del>)</li></ul> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=480342013-04-09T01:32:15ZDipan Mehta
<ul></ul><p>Add related <a class="issue tracker-2 status-5 priority-4 priority-default closed" title="Feature: Trackers have a description in addition to a name (Closed)" href="https://www.redmine.org/issues/9256">#9256</a> - the framework of <a class="issue tracker-2 status-5 priority-4 priority-default closed" title="Feature: Description for issue statuses (Closed)" href="https://www.redmine.org/issues/2568">#2568</a> essentially will cover that.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=480992013-04-09T13:21:18ZDipan Mehta
<ul></ul><p>Another related <a class="issue tracker-2 status-1 priority-4 priority-default" title="Feature: "issue category" should have a "description" field (New)" href="https://www.redmine.org/issues/4768">#4768</a> - essentially documenting and contextually describing 'Category' (e.g. what type of issues qualify for this category) is another important example.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=481162013-04-09T14:41:10ZDipan Mehta
<ul></ul><p>Another related <a class="issue tracker-2 status-1 priority-4 priority-default" title="Feature: Description field for Status/Role/Tracker setting. (New)" href="https://www.redmine.org/issues/5026">#5026</a> - requires description/documentation for Status/Role/Tracker.</p>
<p>Looks like, there is a lot of demand for the 'instant end-user documentation'</p>
<p>I was wondering, while issue <a class="issue tracker-2 status-5 priority-4 priority-default closed" title="Feature: Trackers have a description in addition to a name (Closed)" href="https://www.redmine.org/issues/9256">#9256</a> is already planned under <a class="version" href="https://www.redmine.org/versions/32">Candidate for next major release</a>, will it be a good idea to have <a class="issue tracker-2 status-5 priority-4 priority-default closed" title="Feature: Description for issue statuses (Closed)" href="https://www.redmine.org/issues/2568">#2568</a> in the same release?</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=525272013-10-14T00:52:02ZMischa The Evil
<ul><li><strong>Related to</strong> deleted (<i><a class="issue tracker-2 status-5 priority-4 priority-default closed" href="/issues/9256">Feature #9256</a>: Trackers have a description in addition to a name</i>)</li></ul> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=596612014-11-08T10:15:48ZToshi MARUYAMA
<ul><li><strong>Category</strong> set to <i>Issues</i></li></ul> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=596642014-11-08T10:17:24ZToshi MARUYAMA
<ul><li><strong>Has duplicate</strong> <i><a class="issue tracker-2 status-5 priority-4 priority-default closed" href="/issues/12002">Feature #12002</a>: I'd like to see an Issue Status Description</i> added</li></ul> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=966282020-03-08T07:53:11ZGo MAEDA
<ul><li><strong>Subject</strong> changed from <i>Issue status documentation</i> to <i>Description for issue statuses</i></li></ul> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=1030892021-07-03T04:32:25ZGo MAEDA
<ul><li><strong>Has duplicate</strong> <i><a class="issue tracker-2 status-5 priority-4 priority-default closed" href="/issues/35509">Feature #35509</a>: Description of issue statuses</i> added</li></ul> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=1104032023-07-07T12:35:23ZJonas De Meulenaere
<ul></ul><p>+1</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=1105812023-08-22T07:24:18ZTakenori TAKAKItakenory@gmail.com
<ul><li><strong>File</strong> <a href="/attachments/30858">2568-add-description-to-issue-statuses.patch</a> <a class="icon-only icon-download" title="Download" href="/attachments/download/30858/2568-add-description-to-issue-statuses.patch">2568-add-description-to-issue-statuses.patch</a> added</li></ul><p>+1<br />I've created a patch to add descriptions to issue statuses.<br />With this patch, users can set statuses while viewing descriptions, just like with the tracker.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=1106362023-08-29T01:56:22ZGo MAEDA
<ul><li><strong>Target version</strong> set to <i>5.1.0</i></li></ul><p>Setting the target version to 5.1.0.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=1106652023-08-31T13:24:58ZGo MAEDA
<ul><li><strong>Status</strong> changed from <i>New</i> to <i>Closed</i></li><li><strong>Assignee</strong> set to <i>Go MAEDA</i></li><li><strong>Resolution</strong> set to <i>Fixed</i></li></ul><p>Committed the patch. Thank you.</p>
<p>Now each issue status has a description field you can see them on the issue new/edit form.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=1106662023-08-31T15:47:50ZAlexander Meindl
<ul></ul><p>db/migrate/20230818020734_add_status_description.rb of the patch is missing in the commit.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=1106692023-08-31T23:30:31ZGo MAEDA
<ul></ul><p>Alexander Meindl wrote in <a href="#note-24">#note-24</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>db/migrate/20230818020734_add_status_description.rb of the patch is missing in the commit.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Thank you, fixed in <a class="changeset" title="Add missing files in r22289 (#2568)." href="https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/repository/svn/revisions/22290">r22290</a>.</p> Redmine - Feature #2568: Description for issue statuseshttps://www.redmine.org/issues/2568?journal_id=1112632023-10-29T22:48:43ZMischa The Evil
<ul><li><strong>Start date</strong> deleted (<del><i>2009-01-23</i></del>)</li></ul>