TikZ is missing from the diagram type picker and there is no way to turn it on

What you are seeing

TikZ is missing from the diagram type picker and there is no way to turn it on.


#Why it happens

TikZ is off by default in the picker's default list, and the Jira edition has no settings surface that could override that list.


#What to do

Use another language for new diagrams. Existing TikZ diagrams still render. Only creating new ones is blocked. There is no workaround in Jira.


#Settings involved

Setting

Where

What it does

Admin / project / site settings

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Diagram (gadget configuration). Diagram

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Diagram (gadget configuration). Language

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#Limits that apply here

Limit

Value

What happens

Diagram title length

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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

Browse page size

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Each JQL page requests 12 issues and the list reveals 12 rows at a time; Show more loads the next batch. (The shared hook's own default is 50; the Diagrams page overrides it to 12.).

Concurrent diagram previews on the browse pa

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Diagram content is downloaded one attachment at a time through a throttle, so thumbnails on a busy site fill in progressively rather than all at once.


#A few things that catch people out

  • The licence banner's own links are broken in Jira (a Confluence admin path, and a Marketplace URL missing its listing id).



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