Display Context (Project/Parent) in Task Relation Search #2256
Description
Pre-submission checklist
- I have searched for existing open or closed issue reports with the same feature request.
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I am hitting a UX bottleneck when managing projects with repeating task names. For example, in media production, I have multiple tasks named "Character A"—one under a Vocals parent and one under an In-Game parent.
Even though I use a Parent Task hierarchy, the "Relation Search" UI currently flattens all tasks into a single list of names. Because parent names and projects are invisible in this view, I cannot distinguish between two tasks with the same name when trying to link them. To work around this, I am forced to add redundant prefixes like [REC] or [VOC] to every task title, which creates significant visual noise and defeats the purpose of a clean hierarchy.
Describe the solution you'd like
I propose updating the Task Relation search results to display Contextual Metadata (the Parent Task and/or Project name) alongside the task title so users can identify the correct task at a glance.
Proposed UI Improvement:
Current: Character A
Proposed: Character A (Parent: Vocals) or Character A | Project: Show Name
Additional Context
When adding a relation, the list should provide enough context to ensure the correct task is being linked.
Mockup of the problem/solution:
Which alternatives did you consider using instead?
Labels: These are ignored in the relation dropdown, so they don't help identify the task during the linking process.
Manual Prefixing: My current workaround, but it contributes to "information rot" and makes the board cluttered and harder to read.