Azure DevOps extension to show text field control and markdown in same row.
Extension Usage
Navigate to your work item form customization page, click to Add custom control and select the control Markdown Text Control.
In Options tab, set the control field, markdown and a value converter script (if required).
Field(required): The field should be used by control;
Markdown(required): The markdown that will be displayin within control. You can use ${@fieldValue} macro anywhere in the text and this text will be replaced during runtime by reading the field value from current work item.
Example:
Url: https://mbagra.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection/customAgile/_workitems/edit/${@fieldValue=ID}
Assigned to value is ${@fieldValue=Assigned To}
State value is ${@fieldValue=State}
Value converter script(optional): Script to apply custom rule converter when displaying @{fieldValue}. The function need receive two parameters, field name and value, and need return the final value.
If not informed any script, will use the field value itself.
Example:
function valueConverter(field, value) {
switch (field) {
case 'id':
return 'ID: ' + value;
};
}
Source code
The source for this extension can be found on Github - feel free to take, fork and extend.
You can also learn how to build your own custom control extension for the work item form here.
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