Consider a scenario where the HTML code you want to use in a Jira issue sits on an external file. This tutorial presents the steps to use such a file to display the respective HTML in your Jira issue.
Steps
In the intended Jira issue:
- Click Attach from the menu options to attach the intended file with HTML code as a text file attachment to the issue.
- Click HTML from the menu options to see the HTML for Jira section in the new Jira issue view.
- Click HTML from the menu options again or Add HTML in the HTML for Jira section to navigate to the HTML for Jira window for further edits.
- Perform the following in the HTML for Jira window:
- Create HTML from: Select Import existing HTML from an attachment to use the intended attachment.
- HTML source attachment (displayed only when Import existing HTML from an attachment is selected): Select the intended attachment from the list of options.
- Create HTML from: Select Import existing HTML from an attachment to use the intended attachment.
- Click Save to save the settings and navigate back to the issue to view the respective output.
Step 2 and 3 refer to the new Jira issue view. In the old Jira issue view, replace step 2 and 3 with the following step:
Click Add HTML from the HTML for Jira section as shown in the following image to navigate to the HTML for Jira window for further edits:
