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  1. Jira Data Center
  2. JRASERVER-24601

Custom Field Width Less than Available Options Length

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Low
    • None
    • 4.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4
    • Issue - Fields

    Description

      Symptoms

      After upgrade your JIRA instance to version 4.2 or higher, some custom fields become truncated when viewing the selected options.

      Cause

      This occurs because after version 4.2, the CSS responsible for displaying the options of custom fields provides only a fixed width value (of 250px) to custom fields. Custom fields that ship with JIRA are fixed for this change, but custom fields from third party plugins may experience the issue.

      Resolution

      This is resolved in JRA-24112 and JRA-36062.

      Workaround

      This workaround involves customisations to JIRA which are not supported.

      1. On the filesystem, navigate to $JIRA_INSTALL/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/templates/plugins/field/edit/;
      2. Choose the custom field type you want to edit and backup the related file. (e.g. Single Select List: edit-select.vm);
      3. Find the select attribute line (e.g. <select class="select" name="$customField.id" id="$customField.id">) and add the parameter style="width:auto" inside it. (e.g. <select class="select" name="$customField.id" id="$customField.id" style="width:auto">);
      4. Save your modifications and restart JIRA. All of your custom fields of that type will then display with the customized CSS from step 3.

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          duplicates

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JRASERVER-24112 Select and Multi Select Fields Width Don't Fit to Options Text Length on Create Issue Screen

          • Medium - Medium priority issues
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JRASERVER-24503 Custom fields not wide enough anymore with JIRA 4.2 on IE browser

          • Medium - Medium priority issues
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JRASERVER-23689 Dropdown list for Select List custom field does not show full string length in IE 7 and IE 8

          • Low - Low priority issues
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JRASERVER-36062 Select and Multi Select Fields Width Don't Fit to Options Text Length on Edit Issue and Transition Screens

          • Low - Low priority issues
          • Closed

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              lnunes Leandro Fanese Nunes [Atlassian]
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