The Issue Board

The issue board is the heart of Lanes. It is the workspace where every issue, whether it is a planning note or a live AI session, has a visual home.

Board Layout

The board occupies the center of the Lanes window:

Sidebar (left): Project navigation, worktree list, and quick access to settings. Toggle it open or closed for more board space.
Workflow columns (center): Vertical columns representing workflow stages. Issues appear as cards within these columns.
Detail panel (bottom): A resizable split view that shows the terminal on the left and issue details on the right. Click any issue card to open it here.

Each column represents a stage in your workflow:

Column	Purpose
Backlog	Issues waiting to be worked on. A holding area for future tasks.
Planning	Issues being scoped or analyzed. Agents started in plan mode land here.
Implementation	Active development. Agents doing the actual coding work live here.
Review	Work that needs human review before it can be marked done.
Done	Completed issues. Use the column action menu to clear finished items.
Misc	A catch-all for issues that do not fit the standard workflow.

Columns are collapsible. Click the column header chevron to collapse or expand a column, which is useful when you want to focus on just a few stages.

Press Cmd+N (Ctrl+N on Linux) to open the new issue dialog. Every issue has:

Issues start as drafts. Once you fill in the required fields and confirm, they appear on the board.

Click any issue card to open it in the detail panel. From there you can:

Edit the title inline by clicking on it
Edit the description and instructions in the Issue tab on the right side of the detail panel
View metadata and metrics (tokens, cost, runtime) in the Meta tab

All edits save automatically as you type.

There are two ways to move issues:

Drag and drop: Click and drag a card from one column to another. Drop it at the desired position within the target column.
Right-click context menu: Right-click a card and select Move to choose a target column from the submenu.

Lanes preserves your custom sort order within each column. When you drop a card between two others, it stays where you put it.

You can select multiple issues at once for bulk actions:

Shift+Click: Select a range of issues between the last selected card and the one you click.
Cmd+Click (Ctrl+Click on Linux): Toggle individual cards in or out of the selection.
Cmd+A (Ctrl+A): Select all issues in the focused column. Press it again to select all issues on the entire board.
Escape: Clear the current selection.

When multiple issues are selected, a bulk actions toolbar appears with options to:

Right-click any issue card to access:

Action	What it does
Move	Move the issue to a specific column
Complete	Mark the issue as done and stop its session
Stop Runtime	Stop the running session without completing the issue
Remove	Delete the issue from the board
Add Label	Open the label picker to tag the issue
Add Dependency	Link this issue to others it depends on
Move to Backlog	Send the issue back to the Backlog column

Above the columns, you will find tabs that filter the board view:

All: Shows every issue across all projects and worktrees.
Per-project: One tab per registered project. Shows only issues belonging to that project.
Per-worktree: One tab per active worktree. Shows only issues running in that worktree.

Tabs are a quick way to focus on a specific area of work without setting up filters.

Click the sort control in the board header to change the display order:

Sort	Behavior
Default	Manual sort order (drag-and-drop position)
Newest	Most recently created issues first
Updated	Most recently modified issues first
Alphabetical	Sorted A-Z by title

The chosen sort order applies across all columns.