Adding new web sections in the UI
A web fragment is a link or a section of links in a particular location of the JIRA web interface. It can be a menu in JIRA's top navigation bar, a new set of issue operations, or a new section in the AdminUI section.
There are two types of plugin modules used to add new web fragments in JIRA, namely, the WebSection plugin module and the WebItem plugin module. A WebSection is a collection of links that is displayed together in a particular location of the JIRA user interface. It may be a group of buttons on the issue operations bar or a set of links separated by lines.
In this recipe, we will see how to add a new web section to JIRA.
How to do it...
Following are the steps required to add a new web section to JIRA:
Identify the location where the new sections should be added.
Note
JIRA has a lot of identified locations in its user interface and it lets us add new web sections in any of these locations. A complete list of the available locations can be found at...
