Error edit my own custom Fields! Jira delete the Values when edit the Issue! why?

Christian Schul6

Hello,

I wrote a plugin with two custom-fields, which where configure like this:

        <customfield-type key="externalURL" name="ExternalURL" class="PATH_TO_MYFIELDS.ExternalURLField">
		<description>
			ExternalURL Field.
		</description>
		<resource type="velocity" name="view"
			location="templates/views/j2j-view-url.vm" />
		<resource type="velocity" name="edit"
   			location="templates/plugins/fields/edit/edit-readonly.vm" />
		<resource type="velocity" name="xml"
			location="templates/plugins/fields/xml/xml-basictext.vm" />
	</customfield-type>

I set this CustomField inside the code of my plugin, the user not to have rights to do this. But I set the value, and the I edit the Issue the normal way that jira provides, and then the Value is gone, jira delete it in the DB, I think because it is not in the html-form. When I use for Edit the edit-basictext.vm it works and the value is not deleted. Ok so i make my own template and use the edit-basictext.vm script and set the input Field to disabled. But that didn't work?

What is that, why did Jira delete CustomFiled Values by editing the Issue?

regards Chris

Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]

Is your custom field available on the edit screen? If so, do you have something like this? the header and footer?

#customControlHeader ($action $customField.id $customField.name $fieldLayoutItem.required $displayParameters $auiparams)
...
#customControlFooter ($action $customField.id $fieldLayoutItem.fieldDescription $displayParameters $auiparams)