The removal was a consequence of a redesign. I can see the use case for filtering on multiple labels. Feel free to make a proposal with a screenshot.
Best regards, Sytse Sijbrandij CEO GitLab B.V. On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 4:52 AM, Roberto Cavada <cav...@fbk.eu> wrote: > Hi, > I am writing here with the hope that this is the right place. > > I updated recently from version 7.5.x to 7.8.0, and I realized that > filtering on multiple labels in issues is gone. > > Since the labels moved from the sidebar to a dropdown menu, it is no longer > possible to select multiple labels in conjunction (i.e. with AND semantics). > This in my opinion is a dramatic downgrade, as we use group of labels to > mark issues with different meaning, e.g. > > type:bug, type:feature, type:idea, type:requirement > prio:urgent > comp:c1, comp:c2, ... > > So we wanted to find urgent bugs about component c2, we could filter with > all the corresponding labels "type:bug, prio:urgent, comp:c2". > > Actually I wonder I comes that such an important feature (possibility to > filter on multiple labels in conjunction) could disappear from the issue > tracker. > > Was the removal an intended "feature", or a bug coming from the UI > reorganization? > There is an open issue about it [1], but it seems to be considered not very > urgent, as no action about it seems to have been taken for release 7.9 or > 7.8.x > > From the usability point of view, the labels should be brought back to the > sidebar in my opinion, as selecting them is a common operation when > filtering. > > Furthermore, notice that github supports multiple selection of labels with > AND semantics, and also support the specification of labels' names in the > textual search field. > In particular it allows to search for labels specified in the form > "label:label-name" which I think would be extremely useful in gitlab as > well. > > What do you think? > > Regards, > r. > > > [1] > https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/989 > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GitLab" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gitlabhq+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gitlabhq/91087723-9eab-4137-948d-095516755a01%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GitLab" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gitlabhq+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gitlabhq/CAJTzhG-F%3DLdntDkBDNnAbRVZxF3hsC%2BMdMOgkgSBSicnMyhLeA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
