Is there a way to create a button for members to choose and assign tasks to themselves?

[Vandana Orie]

Hello,

I was wondering if there a way to create a button on cards for members to choose and assign tasks to themselves instead of those tasks needing to be individually assigned to each member? And then once a task is chosen it gets moved to an Assigned list so no one else can choose it.

[Gaurav Kataria]

Did you know that there is a Trello shortcut -- if the user hovers their mouse over a card and presses the spacebar on the keyboard, then it automatically assigns that card to the user. 

[Vandana Orie]

This looks easy to do. I'll try it out. Thank you!

[Andrea Crawford]

If you prefer to create an automation button, I was able to to create one that meets your requirements with the following steps:

- Click Automation in the board header

- Click Buttons

- Select Card Buttons on the left under custom buttons

- Click Create Button on the top right

- Choose an icon and title for your button, then click Add Action

- Add the list Assigned to the list name on the top row so it reads "Move the card to the top of/bottom of the list Assigned" and then click the plus button on the right to add this action to the button

-  Select Members, then click the plus button on the right next to "Join the card" 

- Click Save, then open a card to try your new button

[Vandana Orie]

I will definitely keep this in mind. Thank you for the detailed instructions!

[Mary from Planyway]

Hi @Vandana Orie 

It's Mary from Planyway power-up for Trello. 

One of the ideas which seems quite straightforward is to use the timeline grouped by users. In Planyway you have the option to drag&drop cards from the board to the timeline lane and assign cards this way.

[Vandana Orie]

I've gotten a few options but I will check this out and keep it as another option. Thank you!