3 ways to update issuesHow to create new issuesHow to apply issue propertiesTutorial 🖼️How to reference issuesHow to make multiple issues in a row with the same propertiesTutorial 📺 How to update multiple issues at a timeTutorial 🖼️Related articles
3 ways to update issues
Use the keyboard or mouse from all lists, boards or issue views.
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Right-click on an issue to bring up the contextual menu. ⬛ Use
Cmd/Ctrl K to open the command menu. ⌨️ Press
? to view and search keyboard shortcuts.
How to create new issues
C opens a draft issue in your view.V opens a draft issue in full screen mode.Alt/Option C will let you select an issue template.How to apply issue properties
In all issue editors,
Tab to move around the editor. Once highlighted, press Enter to launch the dropdown list and up/down or search to set the property. You can also use specific keyboard shortcuts instead of tab. They're slightly different in modal and full screen views so hover over the property to learn it (e.g. set status with Ctrl Shift S in the modal or S in full screen).Tutorial 🖼️
Here we show you multiple ways to update the issue Upgrade 🚀 Software.
- Issue view: I clicked into the issue and updated the priority in the right-hand panel.
- Keyboard shortcut: From the list view, I focused on the issue, then searched for and applied the shortcut
Ito assign it to myself.
- Mouse/contextual menu: I updated the estimate by right-clicking on the issue and selecting the value.
- Command menu: I focused on the issue, opened the command menu with
Cmd/CtrlKand then searchedlabelto apply it.
How to reference issues
Use the 
Issue relations.
# to link to issues from issue descriptions or comments. You can also add issue relations such as blocking, blocked, duplicates, or related. Learn more in this doc: Issue relations.How to make multiple issues in a row with the same properties
Turn on
Create More when creating a new issue, then set the issue properties. They'll carry over as long as the button is toggled on. 
Tutorial 📺
- Create issue with
Cand add properties [0:00]
- Fullscreen issue view [0:40]
- Create multiple issues in a row with same properties [0:51]
- Create new issue in fullscreen with
V[1:40]
- Add sub-issues to an issue after saving it [2:05]
- Apply templates to issues [2:34]
How to update multiple issues at a time
Select them with shortcuts or the mouse and then update the issue field like you would any issue. Common bulk actions will show up at the bottom.
Tutorial 🖼️
- Select all keyboard shortcut: To change issue priority so all issues without a priority were assigned no priority, I filtered to just
no priorityissues and then usedCmd/CtrlAthenPto update the status.
- Use mouse to select multiple issues: To move some issues from Todo to backlog, I selected them by hovering over them and individually marking the checkbox that popped up.
- Use keyboard to select multiple issues and bulk action toolbar: There were too many, so I switched to pressing down
Shiftwhile moving theup/downbuttons to select multiple issues. Then I clicked the bulk action at the bottom of the screenMove to backlog.
Related articles
These articles in the Linear Guide share detailed instructions on how to use each feature:
