Gadget's title or description cannot be set, or a description I expect is never shown

What you are seeing

The gadget's title or description cannot be set, or a description I expect is never shown.


#Why it happens

Both fields exist in the gadget's stored configuration, but the gadget's edit screen renders only the diagram editor and the Edit/View and Save buttons. There is no title or description input. Description is never rendered even if a value exists.


#What to do

Use a Jira dashboard text or heading gadget alongside the diagram gadget if you need a caption.


#Settings involved

Setting

Where

What it does

Diagram (gadget configuration). Diagram

-

-

Diagram (gadget configuration). Language

-

-

Diagram (gadget configuration). Title.

-

-


#Limits that apply here

Limit

Value

What happens

Diagram title length

-

The Title input is capped at 50 characters. Titles are used verbatim as attachment filenames with no de-duplication or sanitisation, so two diagrams with the same title produce two identically named a



Found it? Good.