Commit 4b63b7eb authored by Heinrich Lee Yu's avatar Heinrich Lee Yu

Update docs on issue positioning

This updates the docs to describe existing behavior
parent 30820e96
...@@ -203,17 +203,13 @@ When visiting a board, issues appear ordered in any list. You're able to change ...@@ -203,17 +203,13 @@ When visiting a board, issues appear ordered in any list. You're able to change
that order by dragging the issues. The changed order is saved, so that anybody who visits the same that order by dragging the issues. The changed order is saved, so that anybody who visits the same
board later sees the reordering, with some exceptions. board later sees the reordering, with some exceptions.
The first time an issue appears in any board (that is, the first time a user When an issue is created, the system assigns a relative order value that is greater than the maximum value
loads a board containing that issue), it is ordered in relation to other issues in that list. of that issue's project or root group. This means the issue will be at the bottom of any issue list that
The order is done according to [label priority](labels.md#label-priority). it appears in.
At this point, that issue is assigned a relative order value by the system, Any time you drag and reorder the issue, its relative order value changes accordingly.
with respect to the other issues in the list. Any time Then, any time that issue appears in any board, the ordering is done according to
you drag and reorder the issue, its relative order value changes accordingly. the updated relative order value. If a user in your GitLab instance
Also, any time that issue appears in any board, the ordering is done according to
the updated relative order value. It's only the first
time an issue appears that it takes from the priority order mentioned above. If a user in your GitLab instance
drags issue `A` above issue `B`, the ordering is maintained when these two issues are subsequently drags issue `A` above issue `B`, the ordering is maintained when these two issues are subsequently
loaded in any board in the same instance. This could be a different project board or a different group loaded in any board in the same instance. This could be a different project board or a different group
board, for example. board, for example.
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