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Can TFS Work Item Icons be Changed?

How can you change the icon that represents a work item type in TFS Web Access? For instance, a bug appears as a page with a red squiggly line, while a task is a page with a red check mark. These look a bit too similar to us, and we'd like to differentiate them with different colored icons. I suppose we could replace the image on the TFS server with another, but what if you only wanted to replace these in a single team project?

Solution

  • It is possible to change the colours of the icon by updating the <WorkItemColors> configuration, as described in this answer:

    The link is for TFS/Azure Dev Ops 2019, but does work for earlier versions.

    The result is something like this:

    Example coloured work items