Work Item context menus

When working in the Team Explorer Work Item node you issue work item tasks by right-clicking an item or area and selecting from the available context menu. The following table identifies the item or area you right-click and its associated context menu. Note: Several of the links in the Menu Items column are external. They connect you to the MSDN documentation for more detailed instructions on completing the task.

Note: Some Teamprise tasks work slightly differently from the MS Visual Studio ones. Not all Teamprise operations have a Visual Studio equivalent (these will not have links.) Not all MS Visual Studio operations are implemented in this release of Teamprise.

Context Menu when you right-click...	Menu Items and Descriptions
Team project name in the Team Explorer tree.	Show Project Portal - Opens a web browser to the home page of your Team project portal. Refresh - After creating a new query, use Refresh to display query in the tree.
Work Items directory in the Team Explorer tree.	Add Work Item - Allows you to select a type of work item to add, and opens a new work item form. Go To Work Item - Opens dialog to locate a specific work item. Note: You can enter multiple IDs by separating each with a space or comma. Search - Opens a search dialog to enter search criteria. Add Query - Opens a new query work item form Team Project Process Guidance - Opens a web browser to a page which guides you through your project's installed process template. Refresh - After creating a new query, use Refresh to display query in the tree.
Team Queries or My Queries directory in the Team Explorer tree.	Add Query - Opens a new query work item form
An individual query in either the Team Queries or My Queries directory in the Team Explorer tree.	Open - Displays the results of the query (same as double-clicking a single query, viewing results, and Run Query from the work item form). View Query - Opens the query work item form View Results - Displays the query results (same as double-clicking the query, Open, and Run Query from the work item form). Go To Work Item - Opens dialog to locate a specific work item. Note: You can enter multiple IDs by separating each with a space or comma. Save Query to File - Saves query as .wiq file to local machine.
A row in the query work item form.	Insert Clause Delete Clause Run Query Column Options View Results
The Tab in the query work item form.	Close - Closes the current Close Others - Closes all but active Close All - Closes all Move - Allows you to move the pane to another area of the window Size - Allows you to increase or decrease the size of the pane New Editor - Creates a Copy of the work item query form
A single query result.	Open - Displays the selected work item (opens form). Add Related Work Item - Allows you to create and associate two or more work items. Create Copy of Work Item - Copies a work item that can modified and saved under another name. Copy Work Item URL to Clipboard -
The Tab in the query results list. (Same menu as Tab in query work item form.)	Close - Closes the current results list Close Others - Closes all open tabs (results and queries). Move - Allows you to move the pane to another area of the window Size - Allows you to increase or decrease the size of the pane New Editor - Creates a Copy of the results list.

Other MSDN Documents:

Walkthrough: Tracking Work Items: MSDN provides examples of the following tasks using a fictional project, "Adventure Works."

Adding New Work Items
Viewing Work Items
Locating Specific Work Items
Running a Query
Creating a Work Item Query
Changing Results View
Sorting Results