No, there is no non-hack way to change the color of the cards. This functionality is rumored to be "on the backlog" however.
Is there a way to customize the work item colors in TFS 2012 kanban board?
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03-04-2022 - |
Pergunta
I would like to differentiate the work item types (i.e. product backlog items vs bugs) using colors or icons, to improve the board visualization.
Solução 3
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It is possible in TFS 2013.
- Open the Command Prompt
- 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 config should contain a section work item colors, if the section is missing just add it (e.g. at the end just before 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>
The primary color is used in lists and the secondary color in boards.
I had the exact same problem. The last 7 months or so I have built a chrome plugin that does this (and much more) in my spare time as a project to learn Javascript and to make my daily work easier. Our team and a few more is using it since a while back with good results. Now It is available for free in Chrome Store under the name TFS Kanban buddy.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tfs-kanban-buddy/bnkanimchogkpkjbabhoficohanbhalp
The code is available on GitHub as well if someone feels like fiddling with it.