Reorder issues within a milestone
Milestones and labels are a handy way to group and organize your issues, but sometimes it’s helpful to indicate which ones you or your team want to focus on first.…
Milestones and labels are a handy way to group and organize your issues, but sometimes it’s helpful to indicate which ones you or your team want to focus on first. You can now reorder issues and pull requests and indicate priority by moving them higher up or lower down the list.
Re-ordering Issues
Once you’ve grouped issues and pull requests within a milestone, drag-and-drop to place them in whatever order you need, or use keyboard commands to select and move items up or down the list.

Learn more about Milestones and issue prioritization in our help guide.
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