With the Tasktop TFS connector, collaborating efficiently with team members is simplified and streamlined. Post comments, attach files and screenshots, share task contexts, and create or navigate associated work items all from within Eclipse.
When useing Tasktop TFS connector, communicating with your fellow team members is effortless. Without leaving the Eclipse, simply open the work item you wish to comment on and enter your comment in the New Comment section near the bottom of the editor. Pressing submit will post the comment to the TFS work item and a blue arrow denoting your new comment will appear next the the same work item in fellow team mebers' Task Lists if using the Tasktop TFS Connector.
Attachments can be added to TFS work items simply by dragging and dropping onto the editor. Alternatively, you can expand the Attachments section of the Task Editor and press the Attach button. Add a screenshot by expanding the Attachments section of the editor and pressing the Attach Screenshot button.
Once a task has been activated, the files and web pages associated with it can be shared with fellow team members. Right click on the work item in the Task List and select Context -> Attach. To retrieve a conext conext, right click a TFS work item in the Task List and select Context -> Retrieve. Alternatively, you can right click on a context in the Attachments section of the editor and select Retrieve Context.