This page last changed on May 01, 2009 by alui.

When you create, edit or comment on a JIRA issue, some fields may display two small icons at the right of the text area: a blue screen (the 'Preview' icon) and a yellow question-mark (the 'Help' icon). The presence of these icons indicates that this field supports JIRA's Text Formatting Notation, allowing you to use rich-text features such as:

  • Italic, bold, underlined text.
  • Multiple levels of headings.
  • Bullets, numbered lists, tables and quotations.
  • Images.
  • Macros (see below).

For example, to include an image in the field, you would first attach the image to the issue, then type the following into the field:

To preview what the field will look like after you save it, click the 'Preview' icon:

Click the 'Help' icon to see a popup window containing the Text Formatting Notation Help.

Using Macros

JIRA ships with the following macros:

Macro Description Enabled by default
Anchor Macro Create an anchor that allows people to link to a specific point in a page. Usage:
{anchor:bookmark1}
... text here ...
[#bookmark1]
yes
Code Macro Format blocks of source-code or XML. The default language is Java but you can specify JavaScript, ActionScript, XML, HTML and SQL too. Usage:
--- Java example ---
{code:title=Bar.java|borderStyle=solid}
// Some comments here
public String getFoo()
{
    return foo;
}
{code}
*--- XML example ---*
{code:xml}
<test>
  <another tag="attribute"/>
</test>
{code}
yes
Quote Macro Generate blockquotes that may contain multiple paragraphs or complex markup. Usage:
{quote}
This is text from another source
{quote}
                            
yes
No Format Macro Create blocks of text where other wiki formatting is not applied. Usage:
{noformat}
This is text  \#&@!@(*!&*@()#*@\ \\
{macros} _wont_work_here
{noformat}  
yes
Panel Macro Draw a panel with the following optional parameters:
  • title: Title of the panel
  • borderStyle: The style of the border this panel uses (solid, dashed and other valid CSS border styles)
  • borderColor: The color of the border this panel uses
  • borderWidth: The width of the border this panel uses
  • bgColor: The background color of this panel
  • titleBGColor: The background color of the title section of this panel
    {panel}Some text{panel}
    {panel:title=My Title}Some text with a title{panel}
    {panel:title=My Title| borderStyle=dashed| borderColor=#ccc| titleBGColor=#F7D6C1| bgColor=#FFFFCE}
    a block of text surrounded with a *panel*
    yet _another_ line
    {panel} 
true
Colour Macro Change the colour of the contained text. Usage:
{color:red}
look ma, red text!
{color}

You can use any of the sixteen standard HTML colours ('aqua','black','blue','fuschia','green','gray','lime', 'maroon','navy','olive','purple','red','silver','teal','white','yellow'), or any hexadecimal colour code (e.g. '#336699').

yes
Lorem Ipsum Macro Insert paragraphs of "lorem ipsum" space-filler text. Usage:
{loremipsum}
yes
HTML Macro Use HTML code within a Jira Issue. Usage:
{html}
<p>You'll find a lot more in <A href="chapter2.html">chapter two</a>.
See also this <a href="../images/forest.gif">map of the enchanted forest.</A></p>
{html}
no
The JIRA Text Formatting Notation and macros will only be available if your JIRA administrator has configured the relevant renderers.

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