Is it possible to put the Workflow actions on an issue edit screen

Question

As far as I can tell, it's not possible to put the Workflow actions on an issue edit screen, e.g. via adding them on the screen scheme.  I imagine this is because Workflow is not a "field" per se, and can be set up to trigger its own screens, so they're not going to let you embed it on what is already a modal.

Example: while editing an issue I want to also set the issue to In Progress, QA Test, Resolved, etc....

Appears you have to set this from the basic, non-edit issue screen (which does not show all fields and can't be configured to do so).

Can anyone confirm this?  If it's possible, what does one need to do to get it on the edit issue screen?

tomoneill1991 · Answer

Thank you so much for the information! I appreciate your insight into the matter

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

No, it's not possible, and I think you've already intuited why - transitions are more complex then simple edits.  It's easy to make an edit part of a transition (the transition screen), but transitions are a whole pile of things - conditions, validators, post-functions, triggers etc which don't naturally happen in an edit.

Although there is something that looks a bit like it in the new issue look.  In issue view, instead of transition buttons, you can have a select list of status.  It's purely visual - what's really happening is it's presenting the transitions as their end-status in a select list instead of a pile of buttons.  But it is close.