Advanced Edit Options

The most advanced users can benefit from ACE Editor Keyboard Shortcuts

Smart Checklist for Jira is intended to make the process of checklists creation fast and handy.

On top of its own syntax, it supports basic Markdown features.

Sample Markup

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Checklists and Statuses

You Type

You Get

- item todo
+ item done 
~ item in progress
x item cancelled

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NOTE: There should NOT be additional tabs or spaces at the beginning of the row. Otherwise, this block renders incorrectly!

If you have set up Custom Statuses for your Jira instance - you can also use them in the checklist Full Screen Editor and Automations & Integrations

Here’s an example:

- [IN QA] item that is IN QA status with Unchecked state
+ [QA FAILED] item that has QA FAILED state Checked state

Headers

You Type

You Get

# Biggest heading
## Big heading
### Heading 
#### Small heading
##### Smaller heading
###### Smallest heading

Biggest heading

Big heading

Heading

Small heading

SMALLER HEADING

SMALLEST HEADING

NOTE: There should NOT be additional tabs or spaces at the beginning of the row. Otherwise, this block renders incorrectly!

Bullet points and Lists

You Type

You Get

* bullet point one
* bullet point two
> * bullet point nested
> * bullet point nested
1. list item one
2. list item two

bullet point one
bullet point two
- bullet point nested
- bullet point nested

list item one
list item two

Emphasis

You Type

You Get

**bold text**
_italic text_
`emphasize`

bold text

italic text

emphasize

Details per item

You Type

You Get

- item todo
> piece of information
> that is useful for new ppl
> on how to complete an item
> even `with` **markdown** *support*

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NOTE: There should NOT be additional tabs or spaces at the beginning of the row. Otherwise, this block renders incorrectly!

Manage item details:

Add details via 3-dots menu.
Edit details by clicking on the pencil icon or just by clicking on them.
Delete details via 3-dots menu.

Highlight User or Date

You Type

You Get

@JD
@JohnDoe
@john.doe
10-03-2017
10/03/2017
2017/10/03
2017-03-10

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Example

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Typing "@" brings up the list of Jira users to select from. Details.

Typing "//" brings up the calendar mode to select the date from. Details.

NOTE: user highlight (tagging, mentioning) will NOT trigger any notification for the mentioned user, as it works as a simple markup highlight on the Front End.

Display text in [ ]

You Type

You Get

- \[To display text in brackets\]

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Divider

You Type

You Get

## Testing
- Test item 1
- Test item 2
---
## Release
- Test 1
- Test 2

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Links

You Type

You Get

- [SC-1118](https://railsware.atlassian.net/browse/SC-1118)
- [www.google.com](http://google.com)
- SC-75
- https://github.com/
- [Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+work+with+jira+service+management&ei=sApuY5qhLPKyrgS4_KWYDw&ved=0ahUKEwiaufzU3aX7AhVymYsKHTh-CfMQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=how+to+work+with+jira+service+management&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIICC4QgAQQ1AIyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQ6BQguEIAESgQIQRgASgQIRhgAUABY6sQBYLjGAWgDcAF4AIABpkGIAb2_AZIBAzktM5gBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp)
- https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-articles/Automation-for-Jira-will-be-included-in-Jira-Data-Center/ba-p/1994163
- [Permissions](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/customize-jira-service-management-permissions/)

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Images

You Type

You Get

![alt text](https://railsware.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/JiraServerIcon-150x150.png "Logo")

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Extended markdown

For more details on Markdown formatting check Markdown support.

How to convert a Slack message into a checklist using multi-line cursor feature: