It's been a while since sharing about how I planned on creating links between issues, and things have progressed quite nicely. Recently, though, I got the idea to add a strikethrough when the target issue has already been closed. I later found out that Trac already does this.
However, after trying it out, the strikethrough made the issue number too difficult to read, so I began exploring other options and ended up with this solution that color codes the issue links based on the target issue's status. It's a little detail, but it provides a valuable piece of ambient information. It also makes the links stand out a bit more and gives them a larger clickable area.
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Comments
Is there a way to see which issue #15 is without opening the issues in new tabs? (e.g. issue title onhover or just a clean url I can preview)
“Details make the design”
—me
Very, very nice!! A small detail, but it makes a big difference.
Our wish our paid-for issue tracker was one-tenth as nice as this :/
So awesome. Seriously. I can't wait to test this thing.
Wolf - Not yet, but that's definitely something I'm thinking about. I didn't want to get into any JavaScript for that just yet, but I suppose a title attribute on the link would be a simple first step. Thanks for the suggestion.