[feature]: Create Work Item in Workspace Without Entering Project
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Since Apr 28, 2026.
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Description
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Summary
It would be great to have a "meta-level" work item creation option, which would allow me to add a work item from any screen in Plane, without having to leave it. That form could then simply have drop-downs for choosing workspace and project on which to create the item.
The form could, for example, be opened from the top-left menu (where "Your Work" and stuff is) or maybe even a FAB.
Why should this be worked on?
The screen I'm usually on is the "Assigned Work" one, because it's the only one that not only shows everything I have to do regardless of where the work item sits, but also lets me reorder them to prioritize my next steps.
If I now want to create a new work item, which isn't possible from that screen, I have to move into a specific project.
A sufficiently complex endeavor may best be structured into several "projects": for example, an app may have one project for the core application, another for a website, and yet another for DevOps or tooling or something. Those parts are just loosely connected and I, personally, prefer those to be their own projects, while the "meta-project" is the workspace.
I often find myself in the situation that a specific thing requires tasks on multiple of those projects at once.
I also often create multiple of those things back-to-back.
Currently, that involves switching from project to project quite a few times; a centralized "open work item somewhere" would be a massive improvement in UX for me.
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