From 88ed78e1f5c8bd331f9dc82099bcbb3d1382e89f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DrMaxNix <git@drmaxnix.de>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 23:58:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Improve projects default column UX

---
 templates/projects/view.tmpl | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/templates/projects/view.tmpl b/templates/projects/view.tmpl
index 21bc287643014..f8c7881ddb91a 100644
--- a/templates/projects/view.tmpl
+++ b/templates/projects/view.tmpl
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@
 					<div class="ui circular label project-column-issue-count">
 						{{.NumIssues}}
 					</div>
-					<div class="project-column-title-text gt-ellipsis">{{.Title}}</div>
+					<div class="project-column-title-text flex-text-inline gt-ellipsis">
+						{{if .Default}}{{svg "octicon-star"}} {{end}}{{.Title}}
+					</div>
 					{{if $canWriteProject}}
 						<div class="ui dropdown tw-p-1">
 							{{svg "octicon-kebab-horizontal"}}
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@
 										data-modal-confirm-header="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.projects.column.set_default"}}"
 										data-modal-confirm-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.projects.column.set_default_desc"}}"
 									>
-										{{svg "octicon-pin"}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.projects.column.set_default"}}
+										{{svg "octicon-star"}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.projects.column.set_default"}}
 									</a>
 									<a class="item button link-action" data-url="{{$.Link}}/{{.ID}}" data-link-action-method="DELETE"
 										data-modal-confirm-header="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.projects.column.delete"}}"

From b1a89006b753cbb3c7d7ee6aefec0434becf75c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DrMaxNix <git@drmaxnix.de>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 13:11:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add tooltip hint for default projects column

---
 options/locale/locale_en-US.ini | 1 +
 templates/projects/view.tmpl    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index ddc12aefaaaf9..ea69d45fa2003 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -1482,6 +1482,7 @@ projects.column.new_submit = "Create Column"
 projects.column.new = "New Column"
 projects.column.set_default = "Set Default"
 projects.column.set_default_desc = "Set this column as default for uncategorized issues and pulls"
+projects.column.default_column_hint = "New issues added to this project will be added to this column"
 projects.column.delete = "Delete Column"
 projects.column.deletion_desc = "Deleting a project column moves all related issues to the default column. Continue?"
 projects.column.color = "Color"
diff --git a/templates/projects/view.tmpl b/templates/projects/view.tmpl
index f8c7881ddb91a..5801396e3c5bc 100644
--- a/templates/projects/view.tmpl
+++ b/templates/projects/view.tmpl
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 					<div class="ui circular label project-column-issue-count">
 						{{.NumIssues}}
 					</div>
-					<div class="project-column-title-text flex-text-inline gt-ellipsis">
+					<div class="project-column-title-text flex-text-inline gt-ellipsis" {{if .Default}}data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.projects.column.default_column_hint"}}"{{end}}>
 						{{if .Default}}{{svg "octicon-star"}} {{end}}{{.Title}}
 					</div>
 					{{if $canWriteProject}}