Whiteboard Plugin

Added by Philippe Breault, last edited by Philippe Breault on Nov 11, 2008  (view change)
Name Whiteboard plugin
Version 1.4.0
Product Versions JIRA 3.12.x
Author(s) Philippe Breault & Laurent Cobos
from Pyxis Technologies, Inc.
Homepage  
Price Free
AND Supported by the GreenHopper Team
License BSD
JavaDocs  
IssueTracking Whiteboard JIRA
Download JAR jira-whiteboard-plugin-1.4.0.jar
Download Source jira-whiteboard-plugin-1.4.0-SOURCE.zip



New Version: 1.4.0 ! Release Notes
Now with magic eraser, editable textfields and selectable line widths!
Integrated in GreenHopper!
The project management plugin for JIRA

Description/Features


Description
All issues will now have access to a whiteboard from where you will be able to use sticky notes, sketch, draw, or even do modeling sessions. Your work sessions will be saved and you will be able to resume them.
Features

  • Allows you and your team to keep track of what was done during a whiteboard session.
  • Associate a whiteboard session to a specific issue.
  • Multiple whiteboards per issue.
  • Save whiteboard as an image attachment.
  • 4 different drawing colors.
  • Resizable sticky notes in 4 colors.
  • Pen and line, different widths available
  • Editable textfields
  • Standard eraser
  • Magic Eraser (erases full strokes and textboxes)

Version History

Version Release Notes Release date Files
1.4 release notes Nov 11th 2008
jira-whiteboard-plugin-1.4.0.jar
jira-whiteboard-plugin-1.4.0-SOURCE.zip
1.3 release notes Oct 30th 2008
jira-whiteboard-plugin-1.3.0.jar
jira-whiteboard-plugin-1.3.0-SOURCE.zip
1.2 release notes Oct 2nd 2008
jira-whiteboard-plugin-1.2.0.jar
jira-whiteboard-plugin-1.2.0-SOURCE.zip
1.1 release notes August 13th 2008
jira-whiteboard-plugin-1.1.jar
jira-whiteboard-plugin-1.1-SOURCE.zip
1.0   May 9th 2008
jira-whiteboard-plugin-1.0.jar
jira-whiteboard-plugin-1.0-SOURCE.zip

Installation

  1. Download the plugin JAR, put in in your <JIRA>/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/lib folder and restart JIRA.
  2. You will now need to Add a Whiteboard custom field, to do so:
    1. Go to the Administration tab.
    2. Select the Custom Fields menu item.
    3. click Add a Custom Field.
    4. Select the Whiteboard custom field and click on next.
    5. Give a name to the field("Whiteboard" would be a good one). and click Finish
    6. Select the Default Screen
  3. The Whiteboard is now installed and ready to use!

Usage

Editing and Viewing a Whiteboard

At issue creation time:

  1. Create an issue
  2. Click on the Go to Whiteboard link.
  3. You can now draw on the whiteboard!
  4. Click the Done button to return to Jira
    Tip
    To fully enjoy the Whiteboard plugin, we highly recommend the use of a tablet pc.
    If price is an issue, an entry level usb drawing tablet is still a very good improvement over the mouse alone.

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Comments (12)

 

  1. Aug 14

    Jo-Anne says:

    I've added in this plugin (which is great, by the way).  It works fine with...

    I've added in this plugin (which is great, by the way).  It works fine with the "Go To Whiteboard"  But I can't get it to show up on my screen.  When I used version1.0 of the plugin it displayed just fine. I even went so far as to create a second custom field (whiteboard2).  The field is on the screens (including the default screen).  But no matter what I do I cannot get it to be displayed.  Again, if I select "Go to Whitboard" and then save my changes, when I go back there the changes are there.  So I know that part is working fine. 

    Any ideas what may be going on here?

    1. Sep 02

      Philippe Breault says:

      Hi Jo-Anne, As of version 1.1, we have removed the screen you are talking about....

      Hi Jo-Anne,
      As of version 1.1, we have removed the screen you are talking about.
      But rest assured, a better feature is planned for the 1.2 release: image attachment of the whiteboard !
      I hope you will enjoy it.

      Thanks for your interest in the product.

  2. Aug 28

    JP Patrikainen says:

    This plugin is great! I noticed that when I am using white board and I add ...

    This plugin is great!

    I noticed that when I am using white board and I add a "post-it" and use "A" text tool over it.. when I save it and open the whiteboard again text is missing.

    If I place on directly to whiteboard (not over post-it) text is shown correctly.

     -JP

    1. Sep 02

      Philippe Breault says:

      Hi JP, I can't reproduce the bug you are talking about. Could you please go to...

      Hi JP,

      I can't reproduce the bug you are talking about.

      Could you please go to the issue tracker ( see the link at the top of the page), register and log your bug?
      We can continue this discussion there.

      Thanks
      ~Phil

      1. Sep 18

        Dan Luchinski says:

        UPDATE-- I am also having issues at times where I completely lose the white...

        UPDATE--

        I am also having issues at times where I completely lose the whiteboard for an issue.  When I open the whiteboard again after having saved something, the whiteboard is completely blank. My JIRA is connected to DB2.

        Phil,

        I didn't see any issue logged on what JP mentioned above.  I am having the same issue.  I have just installed JIRA 3.13 and version 1.1 of whiteboard.  I also have GreenHopper installed, if that matters.  Anyway, when I place a sticky on the screen, and then select the text tool and click on the sticky note and type a message, I can then move the sticky note and the text goes with it.  However, if I save the whiteboard, close out, and then open the whiteboard again, the text is no longer on the sticky note.

        If JP doesn't log an issue, I would be happy to and then communicate with you on it.  I just would like to get this fixed.

        Thanks, Dan

        PS.  It would also be nice if either the sticky note had text built in so that the text automatically wrapped, or if using the text tool on top of a sticky note, then the text wraps.

        1. Sep 18

          Philippe Breault says:

          Hi Dan, I have finally reproduced the problem with text disappearing on sticky ...

          Hi Dan,

          I have finally reproduced the problem with text disappearing on sticky notes.
          You can find the corresponding issue here: WTB-48

          As for the whiteboard not properly saving, could you open an issue on our bug tracker so that we can discuss it more thoroughly ?

          The automatic wrapping of text on sticky notes is a great idea! I have added it to the backburner.
          Still, for now, you can do it manually by pressing the enter key when you want to wrap.

  3. Sep 19

    Anders Thörnström says:

    Hi Thanks for the Plugin! , We have a distributed team so this would be gre...

    Hi

    Thanks for the Plugin! , We have a distributed team so this would be great for collaboration but i am experiencing some problems with the refresh button, if one person saves the whiteboard the other one will not get it updated by hitting refresh, he have to reload the page. is that how it supposed to work ?

    Thanks!

    1. Sep 19

      Philippe Breault says:

      Hi Anders, Right now, the reload button only reloads the whiteboard data that i...

      Hi Anders,

      Right now, the reload button only reloads the whiteboard data that is cached on the browser, it doesn't fetch data from the server.
      I have added your request as issue WTB-51

      Thanks,
      ~Phil

  4. Oct 04

    Jason Hubbard says:

    Hi, this plugin is great thanks! Would it be possible to add the ability to...

    Hi, this plugin is great thanks!

    Would it be possible to add the ability to save a whiteboard for an individual issue without it being saved as an attachment on the issue?  We have many different groups that work out of their own projects and some groups do not want others to be able to view anything within their project, including whiteboards but they don't want to save them as attachments.

    Thanks again.

    -Jason

    1. Oct 07

      Philippe Breault says:

      Hi Jason, I have added your request as issue WTB-69 As for the group that do n...

      Hi Jason,

      I have added your request as issue WTB-69

      As for the group that do not want others to see anything within their projects, this can be solved using the jira permission schemes.
      The whiteboard edition is linked to jira's "edit issue" permission but anybody with the "browse project" permission can see the attachment.

      Thanks,
      ~Phil

  5. Oct 21

    Ferdi Retief says:

    hi - this is probably a stupid question but I am new to JIRA so please bear with...

    hi - this is probably a stupid question but I am new to JIRA so please bear with me.

     I've installed the plugin as you described, but the "Go to Whiteboard" link does not apprear on my screen. The custom whiteboard field is visible in all screens under administration - screens.

    What am I doing wrong?

    1. Oct 30

      Philippe Breault says:

      Hi Ferdi, Is your whiteboard custom field configured for project and issue type...

      Hi Ferdi,

      Is your whiteboard custom field configured for project and issue type that you want ?
      You can see if it is in Administration->Custom Fields->(your whiteboard field name)->configure.

      You also need the "Edit Issues" permission .

      Please let me know if it was of any help.
      ~Phil