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JIRA Edit Screen: Remove "Comment" input?

dannhowa

I have an edit screen for a custom issue type that uses multiple tabs to keep the interface clean. This makes it easier for the user to find which information they need to edit without scrolling a bunch.

Unfortunately, at the bottom of every last tab is a Comment input, and this is making the simplified inteface rather confusing. "What is this comment I'm being asked to enter?" Comment is really irrelevant in this context.

How do I turn off the Comment field on an edit screen? If this is not possible, can I explicitly assign the comment to a particular tab? Thanks!

-danny

Accepted answers

dannhowa

Legitimate solution:

Visit https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-12244 and vote for this feature. Wait 3-20 years.

Impatient solution:

Add the following bit of code to the description of a field that will appear in the screen you want to fix:

<script type="text/javascript">
function hideCommentField() {
        var elements = document.getElementsByClassName('field-group aui-field-wikiedit');
        elements[0].style.display = 'none';
}
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/807878/javascript-that-executes-after-page-load
if(window.attachEvent) {
    window.attachEvent('onload', hideCommentField);
} else {
    if(window.onload) {
        var curronload = window.onload;
        var newonload = function() {
            curronload();
            hideCommentField();
        };
        window.onload = newonload;
    } else {
        window.onload = hideCommentField;
    }
}
</script>

Upon loading the page, the Comment field will be swept under the rug.

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dannhowa

Legitimate solution:

Visit https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-12244 and vote for this feature. Wait 3-20 years.

Impatient solution:

Add the following bit of code to the description of a field that will appear in the screen you want to fix:

<script type="text/javascript">
function hideCommentField() {
        var elements = document.getElementsByClassName('field-group aui-field-wikiedit');
        elements[0].style.display = 'none';
}
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/807878/javascript-that-executes-after-page-load
if(window.attachEvent) {
    window.attachEvent('onload', hideCommentField);
} else {
    if(window.onload) {
        var curronload = window.onload;
        var newonload = function() {
            curronload();
            hideCommentField();
        };
        window.onload = newonload;
    } else {
        window.onload = hideCommentField;
    }
}
</script>

Upon loading the page, the Comment field will be swept under the rug.

Javier Ortiz Bultron

Is not working for me. I'm on JIRA 5.1.

I tried this scrip since yours has some stuff that shouldn't be there, or atleast doesn't show well if copied and pasted:

&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
function hideCommentField() {
        var elements = document.getElementsByClassName('field-group aui-field-wikiedit');
        elements[0].style.display = 'none';
}
if(window.attachEvent) {
    window.attachEvent('onload', hideCommentField);
} else {
    if(window.onload) {
        var curronload = window.onload;
        var newonload = function() {
            curronload();
            hideCommentField();
        };
        window.onload = newonload;
    } else {
        window.onload = hideCommentField;
    }
}
&lt;/script&gt;

Sergio Deras1

A little late, but I was able to ahve this working in Jira 6 and 5 withJQuery:

$(document).ready(function() {
myFunction();
});

Roland Praml

I injected the following CSS as "Banner" to hide the comment field on a certain Transiton

&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;
/* Transition: Transition-ID461 */
#workflow-transition-461-dialog .comment-input {
    display: none;
}
&lt;/style&gt;

francis

We are using a 'Message Edit' custom field and set the default value to

<style>
.comment-input { display:none; }
</style>

and add this to the screens where we want to remove the comment input box.

Michael Schwakopf

I'm on a demo version of JIRA testing this out.

I created a "Message Custom Field (for edit)" custom field with a blank description, went into Configure->Set Default Value, set the default value to

<style>
.comment-input { display:none; }
</style>

then I set it to a default issue screen used globally (since this is just a throwaway), but I'm still seeing the comment section on Edit screens for all ticket types. Any idea where I'm going wrong?

Edit: If I go into Configure Fields->Custom->Where is my field, it is listed as being present in the view. Also I know in Configure Fields I can simply uncheck Comments, but at this point it is the principle of the matter.

francis

You are on Server - right?

Did you move the custom field to the top of the screen

Jordan Pesout

I am completely new to Jira.

Can anyone provide some screenshots on how to do this?

Because we have 4 tabs for our issues and on each tab there is the comment field and it is quite annoying.

Thanks!

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