[JIRA] (JENKINS-38276) Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

raffiglx@gmail.com (JIRA)

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Sep 16, 2016, 9:31:02 AM9/16/16

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JENKINS-38276

Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

Issue Type:	Improvement
Assignee:	Jesse Glick
Components:	pipeline
Created:	2016/Sep/16 1:30 PM
Environment:	Jenkins 2.7.2 Pipeline plugin 2.11 Window 7 x64 SP1
Labels:	ui pipeline jenkins
Priority:	Minor
Reporter:	Raffi B

The text area for pipeline script code is too small, and neither Chrome or Firefox allow for custom resizing; text area size is likely hard coded in Jenkins.

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elaine_richards@symantec.com (JIRA)

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Sep 26, 2016, 5:06:03 PM9/26/16

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Elaine Richards commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

Count me in as a plaintive requester for a resizeable text box. I know we can use a script that we edit a file outside of Jenkins, but I'm poking at it in an iterative fashion and having a window large enough to do something more than "Hello World" would be peachy. I use Safari 9.1.1 and Chrome version 53.0.2785.116 (64-bit). Will not try on Firefox because of my personal history of "Why is this taking up so much memory?"

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tony.xynidakis@team.telstra.com (JIRA)

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Nov 23, 2016, 5:29:01 PM11/23/16

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Tony Xynidakis commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

I'll be interested in this enhancement as well

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matt.friedman@gmail.com (JIRA)

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Jan 27, 2017, 10:58:01 AM1/27/17

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Matt Friedman commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

Making the window for editing bigger would be great. If there were a way to open an external editor such as vi, even better.

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block.jon@gmail.com (JIRA)

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Feb 16, 2017, 4:48:01 PM2/16/17

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Jon B commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

+1 for this. The textarea is so small it's virtually useless. I have to copy/paste the content of that into an IDE and then back again. Very very user unfriendly the way it is

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jenkins@juliohm.com.br (JIRA)

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Feb 23, 2017, 12:00:05 AM2/23/17

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Julio Morimoto commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

+1

That tiny box is impossible to work with, even for minor script changes. I'm always copying/pasting to/from a real text editor.

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toulousevictor@gmail.com (JIRA)

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Sep 3, 2018, 3:36:02 AM9/3/18

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Victor Toulouse commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

Hi. I made a userscript as a workaround.

https://gist.github.com/vctls/139adbefdb60b116de9d8ae39f9ba54b

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toulousevictor@gmail.com (JIRA)

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Sep 3, 2018, 3:44:02 AM9/3/18

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Victor Toulouse edited a comment on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

Hi. I made a userscript as a workaround.

https://gist.github.com/vctls/ 139adbefdb60b116de9d8ae39f9ba54b 26883c250d89bca0630d8712ab04fffd

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matt.friedman@gmail.com (JIRA)

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Sep 3, 2018, 10:23:02 AM9/3/18

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Matt Friedman commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

Hi Victor Toulouse - that looks very helpful. How do I use this in Jenkins? Do I put this script in a particular location?

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toulousevictor@gmail.com (JIRA)

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Sep 3, 2018, 12:06:02 PM9/3/18

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Victor Toulouse commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

No, you need a browser extension like greasemonkey or tampermonkey.
There may be a way of overriding the layout through a plugin or something, but I'm new to Jenkins so I don't know.

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andrew.bayer@gmail.com (JIRA)

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Nov 15, 2018, 12:23:04 PM11/15/18

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Andrew Bayer updated an issue

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Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

Change By:	Andrew Bayer
Issue Type:	Bug Improvement

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pauloneves@gmail.com (JIRA)

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Nov 30, 2018, 1:58:04 PM11/30/18

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Paulo Eduardo Neves commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

If you click F12, go to the Console tab and paste the commands below, it will improve a little:

{{ document.querySelector('.container').style.width = '100%';}}
{{ document.querySelector('.container').style.padding = '0';}}
{{ document.querySelector('.col-md-offset-2').style.width = '100%';}}
document.querySelector('.col-md-offset-2').style.margin = '0';

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jglick@cloudbees.com (JIRA)

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Nov 30, 2018, 2:03:03 PM11/30/18

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Jesse Glick commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

A pull request (tested against major browsers) would be very welcome.

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o.v.nenashev@gmail.com (JIRA)

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Jan 28, 2019, 2:20:05 AM1/28/19

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Oleg Nenashev commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/pull/2837 improves the situation a bit, but I rather prefer the proposal from Victor Toulouse . It would be nice to gave a pull request

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aallen@quantcast.com (JIRA)

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Feb 23, 2019, 11:59:03 AM2/23/19

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Andrew Allen commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

Made some enhancements to Victor Toulouse's solution/hack (thanks!) that allows resizing by restyling a parent container with resize:both and calling aceEditor.resize() at the proper times. Like his solution, you'll need Tampermonkey installed to run this UserScript, and since it uses ResizeObserver, it only works with modern Chrome versions. https://gist.github.com/a2intl/293a76ae3323ec21d7cdceb6f7cd63af

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marcel.meschenmoser@zund.com (JIRA)

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Jul 29, 2019, 7:56:03 AM7/29/19

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Marcel Meschenmoser commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

The replay function is very useful, but with this stupid limitation it's a pain in the neck.

Please fix

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marcel.meschenmoser@zund.com (JIRA)

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Jul 29, 2019, 7:57:11 AM7/29/19

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Marcel Meschenmoser stopped work on

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Change By:	Marcel Meschenmoser
Status:	In Progress Open

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marcel.meschenmoser@zund.com (JIRA)

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Marcel Meschenmoser started work on

JENKINS-38276

Change By:	Marcel Meschenmoser
Status:	Open In Progress

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bmathus+ossjira@cloudbees.com (JIRA)

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Jul 29, 2019, 8:09:03 AM7/29/19

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Baptiste Mathus commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

stupid limitation

Marcel Meschenmoser Refrain from posting such offensive comment. It's generally undesired, and even more on an opensource project where nobody is paying for the time of others.

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block.jon@gmail.com (JIRA)

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Jon B commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

Marcel Meschenmoser Can you improve it please?

I took a look at it and the widget that is being used didn't have a way to resize it at the time. If Marcel is passionate about it maybe he can close this ticket. I couldn't figure it out.

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Aug 5, 2019, 12:39:05 PM8/5/19

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Jan Klass commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

The editor div has class ui-resizable, and contains a div with class ui-resizable-handle. So I guess the intent was that it should be resizable? But it is not?

Where would you start looking to fix this issue?

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mdebord@live.com (JIRA)

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Dec 4, 2019, 6:21:03 PM12/4/19

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Matt Dee commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

Fixing this text box would really help productivity. Another user here hoping to see this delivered.

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docwhat@gerf.org (JIRA)

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Christian Höltje commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

This CSS fixes it. The link to the pipeline syntax can get messy, but better than not having resize.

 
                                                                .ace_editor {
  resize:vertical; overflow:auto !important;
}

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docwhat@gerf.org (JIRA)

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Feb 20, 2020, 1:32:04 AM2/20/20

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Christian Höltje commented on

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Re: Increase size of text area for pipeline script code

Even better: The ui-resizable-handle actually works!

This CSS makes it available (with horrible colors!):

 
                                                                .ui-resizable-handle {
 position: absolute;
 bottom: 0;
 background-color: #1f7313;
 width: 100%;
 height: 10px;
 cursor: row-resize;
 opacity: 0.1;
}
.ui-resizable-handle:hover {
 opacity: 0.6;
}
 
                                                            