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Formatting WYSIWYG for Jira description using virtual functions

Brian Karst

I am having trouble getting my ConfiForm WYSIWYG Simple editor fields to be in the proper format for the description in the created Jira Issue. If I use the escapeJSON virtual function the description contains the HTML <div><ol><li> code. If I use the renderAsText virtual function it errors but gets rid of the HTML. I have seen a couple different errors, unterminated string, expects , or } etc. If I train .renderAsText.escapeJSON the HTML is still in the description, if I train .escapeJSON.renderAsText it errors.

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Alex Medved _ConfiForms_

You need to use

.extractText.escapeJSON

as "renderAsText" is for the wiki markup to render as text

Alex

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Alex Medved _ConfiForms_

You need to use

.extractText.escapeJSON

as "renderAsText" is for the wiki markup to render as text

Alex

Brian Karst

Hi Alex,

.extractText removes all new lines, number lists, and bullet lists from the input that I would like to keep. I mean it is the whole reason to use the WYSIWYG instead of text area, so the user can input without knowing how to hard code text edits right?

Thank You,

Brian

Alex Medved _ConfiForms_

Well, that is correct.

It removes the markup and this is what works for description field in Jira. It simply cannot accept the HTML you are trying to transfer from a wysiwyg field in ConfiForms

Brian Karst

But Jira can handle Wiki Markup (or is it markdown?) right? I mean I can hard code asterisks for bullets and \n for a new line with no issues. I can't find a virtual function to turn the HTML into Wiki markup, but two to convert to HTML (renderAsHtml & renderWikiMarkup) It seems like there should be a virtual function to translate the other way around right? As always, thank you for all your help Alex, even if what I want to do can't be done.

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