How to figure out which changeset a label in TFS was applied to

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We're using Team Foundation Server and we are using Labels to create points in our version history where specific versions (either internal or external) were produced.

Right now we were wondering if a particular changeset was done before or after a specific label (and thus included in that version or not), but we must be looking in the wrong place. This information is usually provided in the bug-tracking system but this time this field was left open so we thought we could use TFS to figure it out.

The version history for a file doesn't include labels applied. To find labels, the place I know to look is to use the "Get Specific Version" dialog, set type to Label and use the Label selection dialog to see which labels we've made, but this dialog doesn't tell me the changeset before/after the label was applied.

Is the only way to figure out if a particular change was part of that release or not to create a new workspace, map up the directory with the files to a temporary directory on disk, use the Get Specific Version dialog to extract that release and do a file-diff?

Please tell me how stupid I am and point me in the right direction.

Best Answer

Run in your local workspace

tf history . /stopafter:1 /noprompt /r /version:Lmylabel

to get

Changeset User          Date       Comment
--------- ------------- ---------- --------------------------------------------
88888     brian_low     11/11/2012 did some work

Method 1: Wrap Label Tag

Wrap the checkbox within a label tag:

<label><input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" value="value">Text</label>

Method 2: Use the `for` Attribute

Use the for attribute (match the checkbox id):

<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" id="checkbox_id" value="value">
<label for="checkbox_id">Text</label>

NOTE: ID must be unique on the page!

Explanation

Since the other answers don't mention it, a label can include up to 1 input and omit the for attribute, and it will be assumed that it is for the input within it.

Excerpt from w3.org (with my emphasis):

[The for attribute] explicitly associates the label being defined with another control. When present, the value of this attribute must be the same as the value of the id attribute of some other control in the same document. When absent, the label being defined is associated with the element's contents.

To associate a label with another control implicitly, the control element must be within the contents of the LABEL element. In this case, the LABEL may only contain one control element. The label itself may be positioned before or after the associated control.

Using this method has some advantages over for:

No need to assign an id to every checkbox (great!).
No need to use the extra attribute in the <label>.
The input's clickable area is also the label's clickable area, so there aren't two separate places to click that can control the checkbox - only one, no matter how far apart the <input> and actual label text are, and no matter what kind of CSS you apply to it.

Demo with some CSS:

label {
 border:1px solid #ccc;
 padding:10px;
 margin:0 0 10px;
 display:block; 
}

label:hover {
 background:#eee;
 cursor:pointer;
}

<label><input type="checkbox" />Option 1</label>
<label><input type="checkbox" />Option 2</label>
<label><input type="checkbox" />Option 3</label>

Best Answer

Related Solutions

TFS: Labels vs Changesets

Html – How to create a checkbox with a clickable label

Method 1: Wrap Label Tag

Method 2: Use the for Attribute

Explanation

Related Topic

Method 2: Use the `for` Attribute