Why can't I open a New Tab to create an Issue from any Page?

Question

In the Newest Jira Version, the Side Menu is easier to navigate, however, previously, no matter where I was in the menu, I could right click on 'ISSUES' and select the option to open in a New Tab or Window.

Today, I can only open to open a new issue.

The reason this was helpful in the past was because I used other issues/tasks/Stories/Features etc. as a guide to ensure that for the many projects I work on, that I use the correct formats to enter issues as different Projects that I work on use different formats/descriptive information.

Thank you for your assistance

Riley McLeod · Answer

This is great - huge thanks for the help!

Andy Heinzer · Answer

Hi Riley,

There does not appear to be a perfect equivalent to this in the current Cloud UI for Jira.  There is an existing feature request for this in https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-69050

I did find that I could access the site of https://[yourcloudsite].atlassian.net/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa  This direct link would then provide a single page where you can create new issues.   With that knowledge, I found that I could then create a new entry in the Application Navigator.  Granted this is not exactly the same, and would still require you to make at least one more click before you could then right click that link to open in a new page, but it might help here.

Riley McLeod · Answer

Hi Andy,

Similar to Veronica I was a heavy user of the creating in a new tab (usually through right-click on the Create button). Aside from being able to quickly reference other tickets in the other tabs, it was a way better experience for filling out the description field. The popup dialog locks the field height which means a lot of scrolling.

I tried following the flows you suggested but all of the right-click options have been disabled and even the old create URL doesn't seem to work. Do you know if there is a plan to bring back a full-page Create view?

Thanks!