Any Way to Show Full File Name in Attachment Section in Wiki Renderer?

[Matt Steadman]

Just wondering if there is any way to display the full file name of an attachment in the Wiki Renderer. Our file names are generally longer than what can be displayed and it would be nice if we could read the entire file name before clicking to add it to know for sure what file we will be adding a thumbnail of. I have attached a screenshot of the way it currently looks for us. I have tried hovering over the name for a while as well and nothing pops up to show the entire name (in the attachments section on the Issue View screen if you hover over the name it will display the entire name).

During a workflow transition the assignee is required to select an attachment that is the approved attachment before the issue can transition. It can be quite a pain to have to cancel out of the screen just to look at the attachments section for issues that have quite a few attachments to choose from, then, go back to the issue transition screen and have to fill out the form again.

 

[Daniel Eads · Accepted solution]

Hi Matt,

I can see where this would be difficult to deal with, especially when working with invoices or files with long and very similar names. I don't know of an easy way to get the dropdown name longer (short of using something like Tampermonkey to override the CSS on the page).

A couple things that might help to be aware of though:

1. The file names are in alphabetical order (numbers sort before letters). If you have files named like this:
   490136_AIACorporation_Horizoncredit_June01.pdf
   490136_AIACorporation_Horizoncredit_October01.pdf
   490136_AIACorporation_Horizoncredit_June02.pdf
   
   you can always expect Jira to sort these as June01.pdf, June02.pdf, and October01.pdf.
2. After clicking the attachment name in the dropdown, the full name is expanded in the editor. It's not clear to me if this is what's causing trouble for you. If someone selected the wrong file at this point (they can see the full name in the comment box), they should be able to select the text, delete it, and add the correct attachment. Let me know if what you're seeing is different!
   
   

Thanks,
Daniel