Forms builder (advanced forms, Jira Software and JSM): how to align input fields in a table row when

Question

Hi all,

I see the same behaviour in the advanced forms builder of a Jira Software project and in the forms builder of Jira Service Management (Jira Cloud).

I use a three-column table in one row: a radio question, a short text question and a date question. Each input box sits directly below its own description. When the descriptions wrap onto a different number of lines (3 lines for the short text question, 2 lines for the date question), the date input sits one line higher than the text input. The inputs in the same row are therefore not on the same horizontal line. Screenshot attached (Jira Software form).

What I looked for:

* I found no setting in either builder to align inputs in a table row, and no documented option for it.
* I found no existing suggestion that covers this. JSDCLOUD-10690 is about where the form is placed relative to Jira fields, not about alignment. JRACLOUD-95526 (custom placeholder text) would help but is marked as not planned.

Current workaround: remove the descriptions of the neighbouring questions and put the guidance in a paragraph above the table. That aligns the inputs, but the help text is then no longer next to the field.

My questions:

* Is there a setting or a recommended way to align inputs in the same row that I have missed, in either product?
* Is there an existing suggestion for this that I can vote on?
* How do others handle this? Do you keep all descriptions on the same number of lines, or use a single column?

Thanks!

Sebastian Krzewiński · Answer

Hi @Nico Maes

I haven't found a built-in setting to align input fields horizontally within the same table row, regardless of the height of their descriptions.

The most practical workarounds seem to be keeping descriptions similar in length or moving the guidance text above the table. Neither is ideal if the descriptions need to stay next to their respective fields.

I found a potentially related Atlassian issue: JSDCLOUD-13356, which concerns overlapping Paragraph and Date fields in tables. However, I'm not sure whether it addresses the alignment issue described here.

Regards,

Seba

Gabriela - LeanZero · Answer

Hey Nico, I tried this on a test site and got the same thing, with the input under your three-line description sitting lower than the one under the two-line description.

There's one setting I couldn't find in the docs: click into a table cell in the JSM forms builder, open the small arrow menu on the cell, and under Alignment you'll see Top, Middle and Bottom. With all three cells set to Bottom, the inputs lined up for me in the JSM builder Preview and in the agent issue view, both in JSM and in Jira Software. I only had the JSM builder open, so I can't promise the menu is in the Jira Software one, but a form with the setting did line up on a Jira Software work item too. Your customers won't see that fix, though, because the JSM portal ignored it on the create screen and on the request view. The labels also stagger once you bottom-align.

What held on every desktop view I tested was a variant of your workaround: put the guidance text in its own table row with one cell per column, and the questions in the row below without descriptions, so each hint stays above its own field. Narrow screens still drift when labels wrap. Padding descriptions to the same line count only worked at some widths, so I wouldn't rely on it.

I didn't see a suggestion for this in JSDCLOUD or JRACLOUD, so the portal ignoring the cell alignment is what I'd raise with Atlassian.