The URL custom field now supports Smart Links. Smart Links, rather than URLs, provide a richer and more contextualized experience by allowing users to engage with work from various sources without switching tools, respecting permissions and compliance, and enabling interactive experiences. Whether you're referencing documents, integrating tools, or sharing resources, Smart Links keep your issues tidy and make them easier to scan through.
Simply paste a URL, and Jira will automatically convert it into a Smart Link.
Enhanced Readability: URLs will now appear as clickable links with descriptive titles, making it easier to understand their content at a glance.
Contextual Previews: Many Smart Links offer hover previews and embedded content, which give users access to the content without needing to click through to another tool. This aids in making quick decisions.
The URL custom field formats URLS as Smart Links in the issue view, the list view, and the board view…
How do I add a global URL custom field which can be available to all projects? Create a custom field | Atlassian Support
How do I add a URL custom field scoped to a single team-managed project? Customize an issue's fields in team-managed projects | Jira Cloud | Atlassian Support
Can I turn off Smart Links for the URL and Short Text fields? Based on feedback, we will consider this. However, for now, Jira custom fields will render URLs as Smart Links where possible.
The quick workaround for URL fields is to click into the field, and the plain text URL will be visible. For Short Text fields, removing the “http(s)://” will ensure the link is rendered as plain text.
Your Paragraph custom fields may be set to plain text, meaning you won’t get the benefit of these types of text formatting…
URLs formatted as Smart Links
Italic, bold and underlined text
Multiple levels of headings to organize your document
Bullets, numbering, tables and quotations
Images, screenshots, and emoticons
We recommend you update the renderer for your Paragraph custom fields to be “wiki style”. Note a Jira admin will need to make these changes.
Link on how to update the paragraph field renderer to “wiki style” here Specify field behavior | Atlassian Support
We hope you get value from this but please feel free to share any feedback or suggestions in the comments! Thanks.
Eoin
Senior Product Manager
Atlassian
Sydney
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