Creating and editing work

Capturing work in Laya is designed to be fast: one key opens the create dialog, and everything about a card can be edited from its detail panel or straight from the board with a right-click.

Create a card

1. Press c anywhere on the boardThe New issue dialog opens. You can also create from the board itself.
2. Give it a title and, optionally, a descriptionThe description field hints “Add description… (Markdown supported)”.
3. Set fields as neededThe dialog offers priority, assignee, estimate, labels, epic, sprint and due date, with a More overflow containing Start date.

The new card appears on the board immediately. If you find yourself creating the same shape of work repeatedly, the board's Templates page (in the board menu under Plan) lets you define issue templates that pre-fill new issues with a title, description and defaults.

The detail panel

Open any card to see its full detail panel. It contains Description, Attachments, Acceptance criteria (when the work type's layout includes it), Links (relations), and Subtasks, with a bottom tab strip switching between Notes — the discussion thread — and Activity, an immutable history of changes.

Cards can be related to each other with four relation kinds: Blocks, Duplicates, Related to and Parent of.

Rich text in descriptions and comments

Descriptions and comments use a rich-text editor. The block menu offers Heading 1–3, Bulleted list, Numbered list, Task list, Quote, Code block and Divider; the toolbar adds tables (inserted 3×3 with a header row, resizable, with row and column operations), callouts (Info, Success, Warning, Error, Note), links, image upload, highlight, colour and underline.

The editor also includes AI writing actions: Improve writing, Fix spelling & grammar, Make shorter, Make longer, Summarize, Add acceptance criteria and Professional tone.

Quick actions from the board

Right-click any card for a full context menu: Open, Status, Priority, Assignee, Labels, Due date (Today / Tomorrow / In a week / No due date), Estimate, Type, Remind me (In 1 hour / Tomorrow / Next week / Clear reminder), Copy (Copy link / Copy ID / Copy title), Move to board, Duplicate, Archive and Favorite. Cards linked to an external tool gain extra entries such as Open in the source tool and sync controls.

Keyboard shortcuts

• c — create a new card on the current board
• j / k — move the selection to the next / previous card
• Enter — open the focused card
• e — focus the title for inline edit (detail panel), d — duplicate, w — toggle watch
• ? — open the full keyboard shortcuts cheatsheet

Working together in real time

Boards update live: when a teammate creates, edits or moves a card, your board reflects it within moments, and a presence indicator shows up to five avatars of the people currently viewing. If your connection drops, Laya reconnects automatically a couple of seconds later.