A hotlist in Google Issue Tracker is a list of specific issues, where you
manually add or remove the issues. A new issue only appears in a hotlist if you
or another user explicitly adds it and it remains in the hotlist regardless of
any changes that are made to it. Hotlists allow you to track a set of issues
related to a common goal, such as a product launch or particular feature. For
other ways to collect issues into groups, see [Grouped Issues](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/concepts/grouped-issues).

After you [create a hotlist](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/guides/work-with-hotlist#create) or [add a hotlist](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/guides/work-with-hotlist#find), the hotlist appears in
the left-hand navigation. Generally, the hotlist appears in the
**Hotlists** section, but if it is also part of a [bookmark group](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/concepts/bookmark-groups) that you
created or subscribe to, the hotlist appears under that bookmark group in the
**Bookmark Groups** section instead.

Hotlists are uniquely identified by an ID number, not their name. As a result,
different hotlists can have the same name and may be difficult to differentiate.
You should choose a unique name when creating a hotlist.

## Issues in a hotlist

When users access the list of issues in a hotlist, the initial view of the list
is based on issue sorting specified by a user with **Admin** permissions as
described in [Organize Search Results](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/guides/organize-search-results). When a hotlist is sorted by
*position* , issues can also be dragged and dropped in a customized order. This
allows the **Admin** user to present hotlist results to other users as they deem
appropriate.

Unlike [saved searches](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/concepts/saved-searches), the issues within a hotlist only change when a user
explicitly [adds or removes issues](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/guides/work-with-hotlist#add-issue) from the hotlist. Users with **View and
Append** or **Admin** [permission](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/concepts/access-control#hotlists) for a specific hotlist can add and remove
issues from it.

You can add an issue to multiple hotlists. Hotlists appear in blue boxes next to
the issue's title on the issue's page. If **Show Hotlists** is toggled **On**
for the **Title** column of a [search results page](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/concepts/search-results), hotlists similarly
appear in the search results as blue boxes. If you have **View and Append** or
**Admin** permission for a hotlist, you can remove an issue from the hotlist by
clicking the **X** associated with the blue box.

## IDs and naming

Saved searches, hotlists and bookmark groups are uniquely identified by ID
numbers. You can find ID numbers by clicking the pencil or clipboard icon on the
details page next to the resource name. As an alternative, if a resource is in
the left-hand navigation, you can access its ID number by selecting **Settings**
or **Info** in its drop-down menu.

Names for saved searches, hotlists and bookmark groups don't need to be unique.
For example, two different users can
[create a bookmark group](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/guides/work-with-bookmark-group#create) named "My
Bookmark Group." One of these bookmark groups may have the ID number 63690 while
the other has an ID number of 82451. If the same user creates or subscribes to
resources with the same name, each resource appears in the left-hand navigation
and it may be difficult to distinguish one from another. For this reason, you
should make names as unique as possible and avoid using generic names.

## Manage hotlists page

Issue Tracker offers a hotlist summary page for hotlists that you created,
starred, or are indirectly subscribed to through a bookmark group. The summary
page can be accessed by clicking the settings icon in the top bar and selecting
**Manage hotlists**.

The hotlist summary page lists the name, description, owner and ID number for
each applicable hotlist. Clicking on an entry takes you to an administrative
page for the hotlist, with **Basic Information** and **Access Control** tabs. If
you have **Admin** permission for the hotlist, you can directly edit the fields
in these tabs.

## Hotlist picker

The hotlist picker lets you toggle the hotlists that an issue is listed in. It
is available in the **App Bar** of the issue details page, or as a button in a
[bulk edit](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/guides/edit-issue-bulk).

![](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/images/public/hotlist-picker-highlight.png)

The number in parentheses indicates how many hotlists this issue is listed in.
Such hotlists have a checked box when you click the hotlist picker. Other
hotlists may also appear with their boxes unchecked. You can add or remove the
association between an issue and hotlist by clicking on the name of the relevant
hotlist. You can make several changes at once by checking and clearing the
relevant boxes. The changes only take effect if you then click the **Add** ,
**Remove** , or **Save** button that appears at the bottom of the hotlist picker.

![](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/images/public/hotlist-search-modal.png)

You can create a new hotlist or filter your existing hotlist by typing keywords
into the **Type to filter hotlists from your sidebar** text field at the top of
the hotlist picker. The search matches hotlists with the keywords in their
title, but not their description. You create a new hotlist with the keywords you
enter into the search bar by clicking **Create new** below the search field. You
can only create a hotlist in the hotlist picker if your keywords don't exactly
match a result from the search. When you create a hotlist in the hotlist picker,
the associated issue is automatically added to the hotlist.

In bulk edits, you can add or remove multiple issues from hotlists at the same
time.

![](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/images/public/hotlist-picker-bulk-edit.png)

The hotlist picker in bulk edit behaves similarly to the picker that appears on
an individual issue page, with the following differences:

- Changes are saved by clicking the **Apply** button at the bottom of the hotlist picker.
- When multiple issues are selected, no number appears in parentheses in the hotlist picker.
- When some, but not all, selected issues are found in the same hotlist, the hotlist has a dash in its associated box, instead of a checkmark.
- Clicking a dashed box changes it to a checked box.

### Available hotlists

Individual issue details pages display hotlists in the hotlist picker that you
are subscribed to. This includes hotlists that you created or starred, as well
as hotlists found in bookmark groups that you have starred. In bulk edits, the
hotlists displayed in the hotlist picker include the previously mentioned
hotlists, as well as any hotlists associated with issues listed in the displayed
search results.

## Archived hotlists

Only users with **Admin** permission for a hotlist can [archive](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/guides/work-with-hotlist#remove) it. When
archived, a hotlist no longer appears in the left-hand navigation of users who
starred it or had it in a bookmark group. An archived hotlist does not appear in
a [hotlist search](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/guides/work-with-hotlist#find), but can be found in the **Archived** section of the
left-hand navigation of the hotlist admins. When you go to the list of issues
for an archived hotlist, the text **(archived)** appears in red next to the
hotlist title.

## Hotlists and bookmark group hovercards

A hotlist or bookmark group hovercard contains the name, ID, owner and
description for the hotlist or bookmark group. For example:

![](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/images/public/hotlist-hovercard.png)

Hotlist and bookmark group hovercards appear when you hover over the following:

- Name of the hotlist or bookmark group when performing a search for a [hotlist](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/guides/work-with-hotlist#find) or [bookmark group](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/guides/work-with-bookmark-group#find).
- Blue hotlist box found next to the issue title on an issue page.
- Blue hotlist box found next to the issue title on a search results page if the **Title** column has **Show Hotlists** toggled to **On**.
- The name of a hotlist that appears in the **Selected Items** or **Add By
  Query** fields of a [*Bookmark Group* settings page](https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/concepts/bookmark-groups).