Jira Description Activity History - large text small changes

Question

In Jira, I have a Description box which is 3,000 to 4,000 characters long. (I have review list in table format and I add notes as I go along).

However, in History of changes for the Jira, it shows the entire text between changes.  I have hard time seeing the small changes that were made inside the text.

Wish there was a way to toggle 'show only changes' vs 'show entire text' in history view.

Otherwise I need to copy the before and after into separate text files, then run a diff on my own.

Any other thoughts or ideas ?

Yuliia_Borivets__SaaSJet_ · Answer

Hi @Iain Davidson

If you want to see all changes highlighted (like Confluence style), I can suggest trying Issue History for Jira, the app developed by my team.

You can get different reports:

Description changes for one issue

You need to click on the description line to open the issue and see all changes in full format.

Description changes for the list of issues

You need to click on the description line to open the issue and see all changes in full format.

The app also allows you to revert the changes you or someone else made to the description.

There is a 30-day free trial and a free option to see Issue History in the Activity section (for single issue) for everyone, even after your free trial has ended.

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Iain Davidson

Your work-around may be the only approach now...although there may be marketplace addons to do this also.

I found several suggestions in the public backlog, including this 14 year old one to show a diff like source code (or at least like Confluence does):  https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-20112

Kind regards,
Bill