How to disable automatic scrolling after moving an issue to another sprint in Backlog view?

Question

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to figure out if there’s a way to stop Jira Cloud from automatically scrolling the backlog view when I move an issue to another sprint.

What happens:
- I’m in the backlog view with multiple sprints.
- I right-click on an issue and select "Move to Sprint".
- The issue moves, but the entire view scrolls to the destination sprint, so I lose my place.

Why this is a problem:
When you need to move a series of issues, it’s really disruptive: you have to scroll back every time to continue working through your backlog. This behavior seems new (2024?) I don’t remember Jira doing this before.

What I’d like to know:
- Is there an option to disable this automatic scrolling? (I couldn’t find anything in Board settings or Labs)
- If not, is there an existing feature request I can vote for?
- Any recommended workarounds for managing multiple issue moves without losing your position?

I searched the Community but only found older posts about Kanban boards or columns, not about moving issues between sprints in Backlog view.

Any advice or links would be much appreciated!

Thanks a lot,
Alexandre

x_li_dak6rm · Answer

It makes it extremely painful to move multiple issues one after another because every time I move an issue, I lose track of where I was in the list of issues I was looking at.

Zhelyazko GRUDOV · Answer

Did you manage to find a solution to this? It's terrible.

Utkarsh Agarwal · Answer

Hi @Alexandre Luy

Welcome to the community!

The behavior was reported earlier in a Jira Cloud bug (JRACLOUD-87335), but it was closed without a fix due to low activity.

Since there’s no active ticket for this specific backlog behavior now, I recommend raising a new suggestion on https://support.atlassian.com/contact/ .

If you raise a new feature request, please share the link here so others can vote. The more votes and comments Atlassian gets, the higher the chance it will be prioritized in a future update.

Kind Regards
Utkarsh