Code wrapping in Jira Editor

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Hello Atlassian community,

I'm Ahmud, a product manager on the issue experience team in Jira Cloud. Today, I'm thrilled to announce a highly requested update to improve code readability within Jira.

Introducing Code Wrapping!

We have heard your feedback and understand the frustration caused by long code blocks requiring horizontal scrolling. That's why we have introduced a new feature that gives you control over how code is displayed.

Starting today, you have the option to choose whether the text is displayed in a single line or wrapped up, eliminating the need for the horizontal scroll bar.

How does it work?

Within the code macro, you will notice a new button that we have added. This button serves as a toggle for code wrapping. By simply clicking it, you can switch between single-line display and wrapped text, depending on your requirements. Currently, the code wrap button is only available in view mode not in edit mode.

Your Feedback Matters!

We value your thoughts and feedback on this new addition. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please don't hesitate to let us know in the comments below. Your feedback is crucial in helping us refine our features and provide you with the best possible coding environment.

The code wrapping feature is now available, and we encourage you to explore it during your next coding session.

Thank you for your continued support and for being a part of our community.

Happy coding!

Thanks,
Ahmud Auleear
Product Manager - Jira Issue Experience Team

[Alex Harper]

Great, been following this feature request for a while!

Just one issue for me, when the code block is a single line the icons are rendered over the text which makes them hard to see. See example:

[charlotte]

Nice! Would like being able to wrap the text in edit mode as well.

[Rilwan Ahmed]

@Ahmud Auleear 
Great !! Any plans for this feature to be available in Data center ?

[Kalin U]

I agree with @Alex Harper about how the button overlays the code.

[Tomislav Tobijas]

Agree with the icons/buttons not being that visible as they 'overlap' with the content in the code block. Maybe just make a button background with full opacity instead of having it transparent?

[Ahmud Auleear]

Hi Everyone, 

Thanks for pointing out the bug about how the button overlays the code. We have shipped a fix to this issue. You should see this fix in your instance now. 

@Rilwan Ahmed I'll make sure the DC team is aware of this feature but currently, there are no plans to introduce this feature to DC. 

Thanks, 

Ahmud 

[Rosa M Fossi]

Hello @Ahmud Auleear !  Thank you for this feature...  I do have a question: It looks like the default right now is single-line.  Is there a way I can set my default to wrap? 

[Maya Kuper]

I do a lot of editing blocks of text in Jira tickets that need to be plain text, and I use Code Snippet formatting to do this. Lack of wrapping in Edit mode makes this very hard to do. Basically I have to copy/paste into an external editor. Would love to see a Wrap display option in Edit mode as well as View mode.

[Jason Cornez]

Thanks.  Now would it be possible to add a vertical scroll bar for long code blocks?  Right now, one has the option to put the code block in an expand widget, but that's not ideal.  A vertical scrollbar for the code block would be great.