How to make text field inline editable in List view?

[Josh Smith]

Can anyone tell me how i can make my custom text field editable inline in List view? Currently when i click on the field it automatically opens the issue form and forces me to edit the field there which takes more time. 
I tired Project Settings > Work Type > Task , but couldn't see a way to edit the field to make it editable.
My project is Team managed. Its a personal account and i have all privileges.

thanks

[Krista Williamson]

When the field was created was it created as a short text field or a paragraph text field? A short text field can be edited inline, a paragraph field will open the issue form. 

[Josh Smith]

It was imported from Clickup. In clickup its a Long Text Area.. so probably thats why, yeah.

In Jira, how many characters max. can a short text field be? Is there a way I can convert the long text field to a short text field? Or copy the long text data over to a short field from all my tasks?

Is the default "Description" field a long text field? Could I use that instead if is can be listed in List view?