I agree with many of the comments here that this is actually not accomplishing what you're hoping it would. It's burying the status change button, moving it away from the rest of the fields that are relevant and where users are making other field changes. This change has slowed down my workflow and made it much harder for me to find this button.
Please consider at least making this configurable in the Project settings so that we can decided where this important button lives, like we're able to do with all other fields, rather than forcing it to be in a location that does not make sense.
The community's feedback on this change has been made abundantly clear on ticket JRACLOUD-96247.
The issue is marked as "NOT BEING CONSIDERED", yet the community continues to vote on it. The fact that the vote count is still steadily growing on an issue you've already dismissed speaks volumes.
There's a powerful message when users continue to vote so passionately for an issue you have already publicly dismissed. This is no longer just about a button, it's about a feedback process that feels completely disconnected from the community it's supposed to serve. The underlying message seems to be: "This is better for you. You just don't realize it."
Hey, Atlassian, your refusal not to roll back this incredibly unpopular change back is extremely stupid and short-sighted - this attitude is eventually going to cost you customers, especially over something that would be SO simple to fix! I have trouble believing anyone was having trouble finding the status option before this, but if they were, or if this was someone high up the ladder's pet project, well, maybe put in a tiny bit of extra effort and make the position swap a toggle and let the individual users decide where they want one of the most important fields of a ticket!
As many votes as we can get on it might compel their bosses to prioritize the fix for this (since they are both refusing, without justification, to 1. fix it and 2. make it customizable)
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Guys, I can't even see the status of the ticket when I'm anywhere but the top of the ticket! I spend most of my time in comments or long ticket descriptions. Imagine sharing your screen and for each ticket where you're reading over the comments with your team, you lose your place when you need to check the status.
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