Customizing Description field with ondemand JIRA?

[Antony Bichon]

Hello,

I would like to customize the Descrpition field in JIRA.

The steps are documented here

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRASTAGE/Setting+a+Default+Value+in+the+Description+Field

I am not sure how to do this (and if its even possible) with the hosted version of JIRA

[Dieter · Accepted solution]

This solution won't work on OnDemand since it requires changing system files. But there is a javascript based solution, just look here: https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/42427/i-am-unable-to-set-summary-field-default-value Of course you have to replace summary by description. If you want this to work in the editvpopup you have to add the javascript code to an DialogReadyHandler as described in https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/27160/how-do-you-embed-javascript-for-a-custom-field-in-jira-5-x

[Antony Bichon]

Yep, this works, thank you!

In the Description Edit item of the Fields / Field Configurations I added the following:

<script type="text/javascript">
if (document.getElementById("description").value == "") {
document.getElementById("description").value = "Synopsis:\n\
[a high level description of the problem]\n\
\n\n\
Steps to reproduce:\n\
[include what you did including your test bed/network topology]\n\
\n\n\
Logs/Screen capture:\n\
[Include all relevant logs and screen capture if applicable]\n\
\n\n\
Buddy check:\n\
[Add name(s) of people who confirmed this is a bug]\n\
\n\n";
}
</script>
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[Dieter]

Glad to help :) also didin't know the trick how to write continuation lines in js

[Rob]

Be sure to vote to have the ability to set default values on fields:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-4812

[Antony Bichon]

This became broken with the new UI... so I just created a new template with the various fields split out