How can we use the jstree and context menu jQuery plugins in the JIRA issue view?

[Anja Kleebaum]

We develop a JIRA plugin that adds an issue module and an issue tab panel to the issue view. We use the JIRA version 7.11.1. The code and some screenshots of our JIRA plugin can be found here:

https://github.com/cures-hub/cures-condec-jira

We want to use the context menu and the jstree jQuery plugins in the issue module and issue tab panel. Unfortunately, our jQuery version 1.9.1 seems to be in conflict with the internal jQuery version of JIRA. This seems to be a known issue but we don't have a solution for it:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Answers-Developer-Questions/jQuery-in-JIRA/qaq-p/540652

Does anybody know how we can integrate the context menu and the jstree jQuery plugins in the issue view? Thanks!

[Anja Kleebaum · Accepted solution]

We now use our own jQuery 1.9.1 version that is compatible with the context menu and the jstree jQuery plugins.

We changed one line in the jquery.js file:

From

window.jQuery = window.$ = jQuery;

... to ...

window.jQueryConDec =  jQuery;

We replaced $ with jQueryConDec wherever we use our jQuery version. We also did this in the other JS libraries (each jstree.js).

[Anja Kleebaum]

We will try to replace the jQuery contextMenu plugin with the dropdown AUI, as explained here: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Is-there-an-AUI-for-creating-a-context-menu/qaq-p/893946