Dependency details
Click any line between two projects and a side panel slides in from the right, listing every Jira issue link that line represents. This is where you go from 'Project A blocks Project B' to which issues, in what state, assigned to whom.
Clicking a line never clears your project selection - you can keep one project selected while drilling into its dependencies.
01. Opening the panel
- Click a line on the canvas. The panel slides in from the right.
- If you hovered the line before clicking, the panel often paints instantly: Synaps preloads the details in the background while you decide whether to click.
[ADD SCREENSHOT/IMAGE: Synaps canvas with one dependency line highlighted in blue and the Dependency details panel mid-slide-in from the right edge, the rest of the canvas slightly dimmed.]
02. What the panel shows
For each linked pair of issues:
- Source issue - key, summary, current status (To Do / In Progress / Done), assignee with avatar.
- Link type -
BlocksorRelates. - Target issue - same details as the source.
Issues are grouped by link type in collapsible sections (Blocks first, then Relates). Click a section header to fold it away.
Loading is two-phase: the list of links appears first, then the assignee avatars fade in once they have been fetched. You do not have to wait for everything before scrolling.
[ADD SCREENSHOT/IMAGE: Full Dependency details panel — header at the top, two collapsible sections labelled "Blocks" and "Relates", each with several issue rows showing key, summary, status pill, and assignee avatar on both source and target sides.]
03. Filtering the list
At the top of the panel, three dropdowns let you narrow what you see:
| Filter | Values |
|---|---|
| Link type | All / Blocks / Relates |
| Status | All / To Do / In Progress / Done / (no status) |
| Assignee | All / a specific person / Unassigned |
Filters combine with AND. Status and Assignee match either side of the link (source or target), so you can ask questions like "show me all dependencies touching this person."
A Clear button appears as soon as any filter is active.
[ADD SCREENSHOT/IMAGE: Close-up of the Dependency details panel header — three filter dropdowns side by side (Link type, Status, Assignee), one of them open showing its options, and a "Clear" link to the right of the dropdowns.]
04. View in Jira
The button at the bottom of the panel opens a Jira issue search showing the underlying links. If you have set any filters in the panel, those filters travel with the search - so a filtered view here gives you a filtered list there.
The button's tooltip changes to "Open the filtered search in Jira" when filters are active.
05. Closing the panel
- Click the x in the panel header.
- Click outside the panel.
- Press
Esc.
The panel slides out and your previous focus is restored.
06. What to expect on speed
The first time you open a panel for a given line, Synaps fetches its data from Jira (a few hundred milliseconds typically). After that:
- Reopening the same panel within 30 seconds is instant - Synaps reuses the cached data.
- Between 30 seconds and 5 minutes, you see cached data immediately while Synaps refreshes it in the background.
- Past 5 minutes, Synaps fetches fresh data.
Hovering a line also warms the cache, so a click after a hover usually opens instantly.
07. Limits
- Each line can list up to 100 linked issues (the most recently updated ones). If a line has more than that, a small dot in the footer reminds you the list is partial - the View in Jira button still searches the complete set.
- If the data fails to load, the panel shows the error with a Retry button.