There are two ways to edit an issue in GreenHopper:
Quick Edit
To quickly edit just the Summary, Description, Story Points and/or Remaining Estimate fields,
Click the Agile link's down-arrow in the top navigation bar, then select your preferred board from the resulting dropdown menu.
- If your project uses Scrum and is currently in the Planning phase, click Plan; otherwise click Work.
- Click the issue key (or type 't') to display a detailed view of that issue on the right-hand side of the screen.
- To edit the issue's Summary, Story Points or Remaining Estimate field, on the Details tab, click in the field and start typing. Press the Enter key to save your changes (or Esc to cancel).
- To edit the Description field, click the Description tab then start typing in the field. Press Enter key for a new line. Click outside the field, or press Tab, to save your changes (or Esc to cancel).
- If you are in Work mode, click the 'x' button to return the board to full-screen width.
Screenshot 1: Editing the Summary field

Editing all Fields
To edit any or all fields in an issue,
Click the Agile link's down-arrow in the top navigation bar, then select your preferred board from the resulting dropdown menu.
- Click the issue key (or type 't') to display the issue in Detail View.
- Type 'e'.
Enter your issue details into the JIRA 'Edit Issue' dialog box, as shown below.
If you wish to choose which fields will appear when you edit (or create) an issue, click the Configure Fields button.
Screenshot 2: Editing all fields

8 Comments
Mark Meade
Jul 10, 2012Why don't I see the Story Points field when in full edit mode of the Issue?
Rosie Jameson [Atlassian]
Aug 12, 2012Hi Mark,
By default, the Story Points field is only available to issues of type 'Story' or 'Epic' (not 'Bugs' etc) — you can change this as described in GreenHopper Custom Fields and Database Changes.
Hope this helps,
Rosie
Averil Svahn
Dec 21, 2012I am trying to change the Assignee on an issue. When I type the users name in the box, it does not display as an option. I have gone over their profile via the admin tool, to figure out why - they are part of the directory and jira-user group. How do I edit a users permissions so I can assign them tasks?
Rosie Jameson [Atlassian]
Jan 06, 2013Hi Averil, you need to make sure the user has been given "Assignable User" permission in the relevant project(s).
Sean M
Apr 17, 2013Is it possible to configure Greenhopper to allow inline editing of other fields? I don't see why I have to type "e" and bring up a separate window for editing the labels when other fields allow inline editing.
Rosie Jameson [Atlassian]
Apr 19, 2013We are planning to work on this in the very near future. Please keep a watch on upcoming release notes – thank you
Sebastian Wolter
Aug 20, 2013Hey Rosie, can you give us an update on this, or is there an issue I can watch?
Srinivas KMRS
Jun 26, 2013How to see "Epic link" with "Edit issue" dialog? I didn't find this with "Configure fields"!!!!