Edit the title of a Task

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Problem to solve

Once a task is created with a title, there is no way to update the title.

Proposal

• Allow an authorized user to update the title of a Task

UX

#334808 (comment 717912980)

Acceptance Criteria

• Edit title with support for inline editing
• Handle mobile touch events appropriately to prevent accidentally entering edit state
• Save changes to title
• Cancel and discard changes to title
• Title updates in real-time.
• Mobile styles
• Desktop style
• FE Trackers

FE Trackers

category: workItems:show
label: el
action: updated_title
property: [type_{{insert issue type}}]

Permissions and Security

• Same permissions as existing issue permissions.

Documentation

• Maybe?

Testing

• Yep

What does success look like, and how can we measure that?

• Count of Task title updates
• Unique users updating Task title