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Supported Jira version

In Checklist 5.0.0, the minimum supported Jira version has changed from Jira 7.2 to Jira 7.11.

New features

Section headings

Status
colour Green title enabled by default

Checklistitems can now be grouped using headers, which is a powerful organization tool. Headers can have a summary of how many items are complete, and can be expanded or collapsed.

You can enable the Section Headings feature, along with the Summary and Collapsible sub-features, in the parameters (see Editing parameters).

For more information, see Creating and manipulating headers.

Multiline and Markdown

Multiline items and the full Markdown specification are now supported.

• To create multiline items, enable the Advanced Markdown feature.
  Press Shift + Enter to begin a new line.

• To add images to items, enable the External Images feature.
  Write ![Image Name](http://image-url.com) to add an image.

User assignment

You can now assign users to checklist items. The available users are the same as in Jira’s assignee list.

You can use JQL to search for items that are assigned to you, or that are assigned to a specific username.

Due dates

You can now set deadlines on checklist items. Color coding helps you quickly see what needs to be done.

You can use JQL to search for items by due date.

Priorities

You can now set priorities for checklist items. The available priorities come from the issue’s priority scheme.

You can use JQL to search for items by priority.

Item descriptions

You can now add expandable descriptions to checklist items.

Checklist panel views

Checklists can now be displayed as a panel on the left or right side of the issue view.

Agile progress bar

The Checklist Read-Only Proxy can now be displayed as a progress bar, which can be placed on Agile cards.

Bulk editor

You can now update all checklist items at once using the Bulk Operations tool. Choose whether you want to apply your changes to all items, or only a subset.

Free-form editor

You can now modify and copy local checklist items using the free-form editor. This allows your team to work on checklist content in a text document using intuitive Markdown syntax.

Default local items

You can now configure default local items that will be added tochecklists when an issue is created. They can be modified or deleted as needed.

Improvements

Global items overhaul

The global items system was revamped to be simpler and better, and it no longer uses Jira’s options. When creating a new Checklist field, Jira won’t require admins to specify options anymore.

See the “Breaking changes” section further down for more information.

Indexing overhaul

The Checklist index size is now much smaller and offers better search capabilities.

Mandatory items

Status
colour Green title enabled by default

The mandatory feature has been reworked. The previous Emphasize Mandatory Items parameter only toggled whether the asterisk showed or not. The new Mandatory Items feature now also removes the mandatory toggle button in the item’s inline editor.

Miscellaneous

• The status label of an item can now be used to open the status menu.

• The checklist can now be configured to only show in the issue view when at least one item is checked.

• Users with no editing rights will now see a not-allowed cursor while hovering over a checkbox.

• Workflow conditions and validators can now be filtered using the condition system (JQL).

• Workflow post functions now offer tools to modify item statuses.

• The Checklist Read-Only Proxy banner text can now contain simple Markdown syntax.

• A "Getting Started" app menu item was added to guide new administrators.

• The overall user interface was improved.

Bug fixes

• Status
  title CHK-418

  New item entry is lost when saving in the Edit Issue screen.

• Status
  title CHK-491

  The Checklist Export to Cloud feature may have permissions issues in newer versions of Jira.

• Status
  title CHK-598

  Checklist should not be editable in Agile view when jira.issue.editable is set to false in the workflow status.

• Status
  title CHK-660

  Global items are not available when editing "Default Value" of a checklist field in a "Request Type" of a Service Desk/Management project.

• Status
  title CHK-685

  In Agile view, if an option that was previously checked is then disabled, the checklist cannot be saved.

• Status
  title CHK-739

  To prevent injection, global items can no longer contain HTML or JavaScript.

Breaking changes

General

• Global items were reworked and are no longer stored in options.

• Global items do not support inline HTML for security reasons.

• Support was removed for the Checklist V2 data format.

Scripting and API

• Scripting that interacts with the options of a checklist custom field will no longer have any impact.

• Script methods related to options are now deprecated, and new methods related to global items have been created (see Enhancing checklists using scripts).

• The REST API was updated to include the new global item structure (see Modifying checklists using a REST API).