Move "create linked issue" from more menu to button?

[Helen]

I'd like to move the "created linked issue" option off the More action menu and instead on provide it as a button alongside the existing "assign" button. 

I found instructions for increasing the number of buttons available on the button bar by setting ops.bar.grou.size.opsbar-operations in jira-config.properties, but I don't want to display all the entries from the More menu, just the "create linked issue" button.

I also found instructions for increasing the weight of buttons by editing system-issueoperations-plugins.xml. Presumably doing this means the action ends up at the top of the menu and can then be displayed, I haven't tried it because "created linked issue' isn't in the file.

How do I move this particular action to a button at the top?

[Alex]

Is this possible today?

[Bert Dombrecht]

I have eventually created a new button to 'Create a Linked Issue' using the Scriptrunner plugin.

The setup consists of two parts:

1. Add a Script Fragment (Create Constrained Issue)

This will add a Button with a configurable name in the location you desire (e.g. operations-top-level). You can add conditions to this button (only show for a specific project, issue  type, status, ...). Clicking the button will open the Create screen as configured in the Screen Scheme.

2. Add a Behaviour

This allows you to manipulate the Create screen if it is triggered by the custom button. For example: pre-populate fields (such as the Issue Links field), hide fields, make fields read-only, ...

You can read all the details here: https://scriptrunner.adaptavist.com/5.5.0/jira/fragments/CreateConstrainedIssue.html

[Bert Dombrecht]

Hi, Helen,

Did you eventually find a way to achieve this?
I'm trying to do the same, but run into the same issue.
Some of the actions in the More menu have a weight configured in system-issueoperations-plugins.xml but 'create-linked-issue' is not in there...

[Helen]

Sorry Bert, I did not. 

[Alexey Matveev]

Hello,

You can not move the Create Linked Issue button from the More action menu. The properties, which you found, deal with workflow transitions, not with actions in the More menu.

[Helen]

Technically speaking, this "You can not move the Create Linked Issue button from the More action menu" isn't correct - if I increase the value of ops.bar.group.size.opsbar-operations sufficiently, a Create Linked Issue button appears.

What I'm trying to avoid is having every other entry in the More menu appear as buttons as well. Surely there must be a file somewhere that defines the order of the More menu (and includes the Create Linked Issue action)?