Convert operation visibility?

[Nazia Tarannum]

Can "Convert" operation visibility be controlled ? If yes, then how?

By default, what is the visibility set to?

Please advise.

[Dieter]

Hi Nazia,

The convert operations are system plugins defined in system-issueoperations-plugin.xml.

You can define a condition class to control the visibility. As you can see from the convert operations here

<web-item key="subtask-to-issue" i18n-name-key="webfragments.view.issue.opsbar.operations.subtasks.convert.to.issue" name="Convert to issue" section="operations-subtasks" weight="20">
  <label key="convert.subtask.to.issue.operation" /> 
  <tooltip key="admin.issue.operations.plugin.subtask.to.issue.name" /> 
  <styleClass>issueaction-subtask-to-issue</styleClass> 
  <link linkId="subtask-to-issue">/secure/ConvertSubTask.jspa?id=${issueId}</link> 
  <condition class="com.atlassian.jira.plugin.webfragment.conditions.IsSubTaskCondition" /> 
  <condition class="com.atlassian.jira.plugin.webfragment.conditions.CanConvertToIssueCondition" /> 
</web-item>

<web-item key="issue-to-subtask" i18n-name-key="webfragments.view.issue.opsbar.operations.subtasks.convert.to.subtask" name="Convert to sub-task" section="operations-subtasks" weight="20">
  <label key="convert.issue.to.subtask.operation" /> 
  <tooltip key="admin.issue.operations.plugin.issue.to.subtask.name" /> 
  <styleClass>issueaction-issue-to-subtask</styleClass> 
  <link linkId="issue-to-subtask">/secure/ConvertIssue.jspa?id=${issueId}</link> 
  <condition class="com.atlassian.jira.plugin.webfragment.conditions.IsSubTaskCondition" invert="true" /> 
  <condition class="com.atlassian.jira.plugin.webfragment.conditions.CanConvertToSubTaskCondition" /> 
</web-item>

You can restrict this more if you add your own condition class which should implement the method shouldDisplay. Please check https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/Web+Item+Plugin+Module#WebItemPluginModule-conditionElements for more information.

You could also implement your own issue operation plugin based on that and disable the original plugin. That way you would not have to touch system files.

[Dieter]

Some checks in CanConvertToSubTaskCondition are:

• Subtasks are enabled
• The project has at least one sub task issue type in it's issue type scheme
• The issue is not already a substask
• The issue is main issue and does not have sub tasks
• User has EDIT permissions