You can add notes to a project board to serve as task reminders or to add information related to the project board.

Tips:

  • You can format your note with simple syntax. For more information, see "Basic writing and formatting syntax."
  • You can drag and drop to reorder notes and move them between columns.

Adding notes to a repository project board

  1. On GitHub Enterprise, navigate to the main page of the repository.

  2. Under your repository name, click Projects. Project tab

  3. In the projects list, click the project board you want to add notes to. Make sure your project board has at least one column. For more information on adding columns to your project board, see "Creating a project board." Select project board

  4. In the column you want to add a note to, click . Plus icon
  5. Type your note and click Add note. Add note button

Converting a note to an issue

If you've created a note and find that it isn't sufficient for your needs, you can convert it to an issue.

When you convert a note to an issue, the issue is automatically created using the content from the note. The first line of the note will be the issue title and any additional content from the note will be added to the issue description.

Tip: You can add content in the body of your note to @mention someone, link to another issue or pull request, and add emoji. These GitHub Flavored Markdown features aren't supported within project board notes, but once your note is converted to an issue, they'll appear correctly. For more information on using these features, see "About writing and formatting on GitHub."

  1. Navigate to the note that you want to convert to an issue.
  2. Click . Chevron icon for more options
  3. Click Convert to issue. Convert to issue button
  4. Confirm that you want to convert the note to an issue by clicking OK.
  5. The note is automatically converted to an issue within the repository. In the project board, the new issue card will be in the same location as the previous note.

Editing and removing a note

  1. Navigate to the note that you want to edit or remove.
  2. Click . Chevron icon for more options
  3. Click Edit note to edit the contents of the note. Edit note button
  4. Click Delete note to delete the note from the Project. Delete note button

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