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Enabling style rules

Style rules on Azure DevOps boards color or emphasize cards when certain conditions are true. This extension does not add a separate “style rules” engine; instead, checklist Progress and Complete values live in ordinary work item fields (Premium). You can reference those fields in native board style rules.

Prerequisites​

  1. Map Progress and/or Complete in Working with templates (Premium).
  2. Ensure those fields are available on the work item types you use on the board.

Configure style rules on the board​

  1. Open your Board (for example Sprints or Boards for your team).
  2. Open Board settings (gear or Configure board settings).
  3. Go to Styles (or Card styles / Style rule depending on your Azure DevOps version).
  4. Add a rule: set a condition on your Complete field (for example is empty) or on Progress (for example text does not contain 100% if that matches your expected “done” format), then pick a card color or formatting your process supports.

That highlights work items whose checklists are incomplete - without leaving Azure DevOps’ built-in behavior.

Board Styles or Card styles screen with a rule based on the checklist Progress or Complete field.

Tips​

  • Combine with queries that filter on the same fields for triage views.
  • See Microsoft’s documentation for customizing cards and your server or service version for the exact style rule UI.