Change Separators in checklist

Question

Hi Guys,

So, I am using Jira for like a month now. Starting to get to know the software better.

For now I have the question: How can I change the separators when adding a checklist to a task? When I am adding checklist stuff to a project, I copy and paste a feature request from my mail into Jira (checklist). But a lot of times it's automatically separating it into multiple tasks.

Can someone tell me how to stop Jira from doing this? It is very annoying

Steven Treur · Answer

Not what i hoped for, but its a work around for me, thanks.

Jack Hunter _HeroCoders_ · Answer

Alright. In that case you need to remove new lines from the input and transform it into

* test * test1 * test2

and only then save the checklist item.

Alternatively, you can use Editor and add additional lines as description:

* test
>> test1
>> test2

Overall, checklist item is one line text string. It can contain multiple line description tough.

Let us know if that helps.

Cheers,
Jack

Steven Treur · Answer

The problem is that I don't want the system so separate my text in multiple lines.

For example, when I get an email with:

Feature Request
* test
* test1
* test2

When I want to copy and paste this as 1 checklist item, it's automatically separating them into multiple checklist items. And that is the problem: I don't want the system to separate my tasks into multiple checklist items. If I want multiple checklist items, I can make them myself.