Issue Details

Select an issue in the GitLab Issues tool window to view its details. They appear in a quick details panel next to the list, which Toggle Quick Details hides; Open Details in New Tab opens the issue in its own tab instead.

Events & Comments

The Events & Comments tab shows the issue's comments and activity. Use the Browsing Mode action to switch between all activity, comments only, comments by or excluding specific authors, and draft comments only.

Add a comment with the Create General Comment action. Submit sends it to GitLab immediately, while Save Draft keeps it locally; Submit All Drafts sends all drafts at once.

Branch for Issue

To start working on an issue, use Branch for Issue in the issue details panel toolbar. The popup lists the branch you last used for this issue and any other branch whose name contains the issue ID, so selecting one checks it out. Create/Checkout Branch… creates a new branch instead. When the IDE's bundled Task Management plugin is enabled, the popup also offers Switch to Issue Task.

The suggested branch name comes from the Issue branch name format field in Settings | JetLab — GitLab. Literal text in the format is kept as typed, so feature/{id} creates the branch in a feature directory.

Actions

Besides Close Issue / Re-open Issue, Refresh Issue, Copy Link, Open in Browser, and Open Details in New Tab, the details panel toolbar offers:

• Edit Issue — edit the issue's title and description. See Creating and Editing Issues.
• Branch for Issue — create a branch for the issue, or check out an existing one. See Branch for Issue.