How to configure JIRA to use JavaScript as the default language in {code} blocks?

[vgrizly]

Documentation says that Java is the default language (http://prntscr.com/6g88zy), but how can I change it to JavaScript (or anything else)?

I mean this {code} block: http://prntscr.com/6g88a8

[teilor_soares · Accepted solution]

You can add the language as a parameter when opening the code block, like {code:java}, {code:sql} etc.

Cheers!
Teilor

[vgrizly]

Yep, but we have a pure JS project, and I do not want to add the parameter every time, I want to make it default.

[teilor_soares]

Not possible today, just changing the source code of JIRA. Although, there is a improvement request about this https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-29184

[vgrizly]

Here's how. Okay, thank you for answer.

[Joris Vleminckx]

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-29184 was closed without fixing this. It's 2019 now and still it isn't possible to set a new default (or remove the "java one") for the code block language :-/

[Alexion Software]

Same for me here. We program in pyhton only and would realy like to be able to set the {code} option to python or otherwise to None

[Enric Martinez]

It's 2020, 5 years after this comment and after the request was made. It is still not possible.

It is already an utter annoyance to have to type the whole {code}{code} thing every time instead of a backtick and having to replace `java` with whatever language you use is not helping either.

I really wonder what you Atlassian guys had in mind when doing that? what's the target audience? Kindergartens?  Because even for people who develop in Java there's still this annoying code block thingy instead of a simple backtick.

I work for an academic institution (SURFSara, Dutch supercomputing facilities) and we mostly use bash. We recently migrated from an inhouse solution based on TRAC and email and I am already regretting it (and I was one of the mayor backers of the change).

Solution: Of course, pay for a plugin, innit ?