Feature request: selectable issue keys in board

[jlous]

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I wish my browser's standard "double click to select word" would work on the issue keys (#nnnnnn) displayed in the board.

I often need to copy issue keys to refer to them elsewhere, and opening the issue just to extract the key seems unneccessarily fiddly.

For swimlanes at least the "start selection outside the link" trick works, but for the cards there is just no way:
Trying to start selecting within the card just activates dragging the card.
Starting selection outside the card can select the body but the selction never reaches the key.

A passable second choice would be to add "copy key" to the dot menu on the card, but double-click to select really should just work.

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[Sahil-Mansuri-15]

Totally valid UX friction the drag-on-click behavior on board cards actively blocks text selection, which is a common browser interaction pattern being overridden without a fallback.

Until GitHub fixes this, a quick workaround: hover over the card, right-click the issue title link, and copy the URL then extract the issue number from the URL. Not elegant, but faster than opening the issue.

Your two suggestions are both good and clearly prioritized correctly double-click to select is the right fix since it aligns with standard browser behavior, and "Copy key" in the dot menu is a solid fallback that would take minimal effort to implement.

File both at github.com/github/feedback under the Projects category. The more specific the UX description (which you've already nailed here), the easier it is for the team to act on it.

If this helped, feel free to mark it as answered it helps others find the solution faster! 😊