what i can do to find define custom field readonly in a listener

[fedribreakly]

Hi Everyone,

I need to define custom field read only via listener.

i have a specific group that can edit a field,  I created a behavior and it works for jira well,  but we work with structure and in there the field is writable, I want to use listener to make the field read only, or add and remove the field from the screen 

Thanks!

Best Regards.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Fields are defined as "read only" by virtue of being a read-only field (there is a type of field for that) or by not being on screens where people can edit them.

A listener has nothing to do with the configuration of a field, it's there to take action when events happen. 

You could write a listener that removes fields from screens so it becomes read-only, but I don't think it will be of much use to you.  Once a field has been removed from a screen to make it read-only, then you won't be able to fill it in on create or transition, nor edit it.  On any issue, new or old.  It's a one-off, the first time it runs, it will rid all issues of field access.

In short, I think you'll need to take a different approach.  Define a truly read-only field, which a listener calculates when your group fills in the existing field and use that in your structure instead, or create a scripted field which can work out what should be there and can look at who is editing the existing field and ignore it if it's the wrong people.