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Always display custom field in issue view

Minh Hoang1

Hello,

I needed a field with labelling-behaviour with a custom name. Since I wouldn't change the name of the system standard field "Labels", I am using a custom field of type: label now.

The problem is, that is won't show up on the standard issue view, if it has no value.

In a nutshell: I want my custom field to behave the usual way like the field "Labels" does: showing up although and displaying "none". So it would be clickable and editable on the fly.

Any ideas, someone?

Accepted answers

RambanamP

as of now we can't show the custom field if it is empty, check the following issues

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-6697

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-2997

if you want to display the custom fields then set some default value

All comments

RambanamP

as of now we can't show the custom field if it is empty, check the following issues

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-6697

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-2997

if you want to display the custom fields then set some default value

Lucid Software

That doesn't work for me. I want to show "Sprint", which is locked by Jira Agile.

Thomas Beauvais

This functionality is not desirable. I want to provide the user the knowledge of the custom field without knowing exactly how to set it.

Philip Schlesin

I got it working! My company has permitted me to open-source my solution:

https://github.com/theschles/JIRA_ScriptRunner_AlwaysDisplaySelectList

Vectalis

Hi Philip, I retrieved your piece of Code. Thanks. I try to tweak it as I my scripted field should return User Picker (multiple users) and not HTML as yours. Any idea where I should start (I'm not a real programmer, just helping the team with jira because oh the holidays ) thanks Julien

DoD Support

Yep, typical Atlassian answer:

Created: 20/Jan/2004 11:29 AM

"We have revisited this issue again recently and wanted to highlight that there are still currently no plans to implement this suggestion, and it is not currently on any JIRA team’s roadmap at this stage."

Ryan Shillington

This only works for select lists, right? I was hoping for something for text areas.

Ryan Shillington

New Answer

You can do this now in the new JIRA issue view. Steps:

Go to Project Settings -> Issue Layout
Find the issue type and select to edit the layout
Add your custom field to the "Description Fields" section at the top

Now it will always show in the new view. For people still using the old view, see my original answer below.

Original Answer

This seems to work: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Core-questions/How-can-I-display-empty-custom-fields/qaq-p/445311#M33862

Basically, make the default two spaces, and then the field will always show up.

Abby Domanowski

I was hopeful that this would be a workaround, but it doesn't seem to work in Jira Software (server) 7.12.1.

Keith Shaw_mfn3li

Another workaround to a silly problem.

If you are using a USERPICKER.

Create a place holder user named "Select User" (obv pick whatever name you prefer)

Set that user as the default value (https://jira.hotschedules.com/secure/admin/ConfigureCustomField!default.jspa?customFieldId=XXXXXXX)

Tony Cann

Hello

I changed my Default value from "none" to " SELECT TOPIC" this way when ever a new ticket was raised the custom field would display and the users can pick a TOPIC from the drop down. using BLCK CAPS for this entry and upper- lower case for the options helped them notice the option.

Sean M_2f8ya1

Also, doesn't this break certain JQL that rely on 'IS EMPTY' or 'IS NOT EMPTY'?

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