Tasks combo on the main toolbar | Open Task
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Use this dialog box to create a new task or specify the name of an existing task to open. Optionally, specify whether the IntelliJ IDEA's behavior related to opening or creating a task, changes.
On this page:
Suggestion list
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Enter task name | In this text box, type the name of the new task or the name of an existing task to open. |
| Include closed tasks | Select this check box to include closed tasks into the suggestion list. |
 | Click this button to open the page of the Settings dialog box. |
Open Task dialog
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Open task: <task name> | This read-only field shows the name of the task selected from the suggestion list. |
| Update issue state | Select this check box to choose the task state from the drop-down list:
If this check box is not selected, the drop-down list is disabled. |
| Clear current context | Select this check box to have the context associated with the current task cleared, when the new/selected task is opened. |
| VCS operations
This section only appears in the dialog box, when version control is enabled in your project. | |
| Create branch <branch name> from <base branch name> | Select this check box to create a new branch from the existing one. |
| Use branch | Select this check box to use the existing branch. |
| Create changelist | Select this check box to have IntelliJ IDEA create a new changelist for the specified task.
By default, the text field shows the issue tracker item's description. |
