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Is there a way to adjust the colors of a work item in a Kanban TFS 2012 board?

I would like to distinguish between types of work items (for example, product lag items versus bugs) using colors or icons to improve the visualization of the board.

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No, there is no way to hack cards. According to rumors, this functionality is "behind."

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This is possible in TFS 2013.

  • Open command prompt
  • CD cd% programfiles (x86)% \ Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0 \ Common7 \ IDE
  • witadmin exportprocessconfig / collection: your col./p: project / f: file
  • Edit the exported file, see below
  • witadmin importprocessconfig / collection: your col./p: project / f: file

The process configuration should contain the colors of the work item of the section, if the section is missing, just add it (for example, at the end just to the end of ProjectProcessConfiguration)

<WorkItemColors> <WorkItemColor primary="FF009CCC" secondary="FFD6ECF2" name="Product Backlog Item" /> <WorkItemColor primary="FFF2CB1D" secondary="FFF6F5D2" name="Task" /> <WorkItemColor primary="FFCC293D" secondary="FFFAEAE5" name="Bug" /> </WorkItemColors>

Primary color is used in lists and secondary color in boards.

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I know this question is old, but I thought I should post the answer.

I had the same problem. For the last 7 months or so, I have built a chrome plugin that does this (and much more) in my free time as a project for learning Javascript and making my daily work easier. Our team and several others use it over time with good results. It is now available for free on the Chrome Store called TFS Kanban buddy.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tfs-kanban-buddy/bnkanimchogkpkjbabhoficohanbhalp

The code is also available for github if someone wants to play with it.

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