How do I give a web-item a function?

[Maja Stach]

I am currently trying to write a plugin which displays an button in the "more action" section of the issue-sreen.

I know that I can create a button using a web-item, but I don't want it to link to another page but to do an action. For example creating another issue or something alike.

I appreciate any help.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist] · Accepted solution]

You can do that. Just give the url to the action in the web-item link. /secure/yourAction!yourCommand.jspa.

[Maja Stach]

so is using a webwok the right choice?

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

Yes, indeed.

[Maja Stach]

alright. thanks. =)
now I'm experiencing troubles with opening the input.vm I wrote. It should open if the doDefault() method returns input, shouldn't it?

I'm not quite sure, because that's what I did and it's still not working. I suspect it's a problem with the sources.... also when I develop a plugin by atlas-run and try to open the jira instance it doesn't activate the plugin and doesn't allow me to, that's kind of a pain.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

It should open if the doDefault() method returns input, shouldn't it?

Depends on what view is mapped to "input". You can see it in the module description in atlassian-plugin.xml.

also when I develop a plugin by atlas-run and try to open the jira instance it doesn't activate the plugin and doesn't allow me to, that's kind of a pain.

Seems you have something very basic going wrong. What is the error when you run it via atlas-run?