Here's the quickest distillation of my problem (0.12): I want a custom ticket field that is automatically expanded to a link (in this case, we have an external CRM system and I would like to be able to link to individual cases from Trac).
I have been pursuing this by writing a custom Macro that turns [[CRM(1234)]] into a link to case 1234 in our CRM system. I have the Macro written and it works fine in the wiki itself. However, when I try to use that Macro in the custom field (which is type=text, format=wiki), it just shows as [[CRM(...)]]. I tried a native Macro and it behaves the same way. I confirmed that a trac link like ticket:3 does expand correctly in that field. On a hunch (from noticing that most of the built-in macros are multi-line) I tried a new custom field of type=textarea,format=wiki,rows=1,cols=20. This new field worked as I wanted, with both trac links and Macros being expanded, but there are side effects that make using a textarea to mimc a text type. The textarea spans both field columns, and it includes the formatting header. The textarea's class is the same as the main description textarea, so I can't do anything clever with CSS. So here are my specific questions: - is it a known issue that type=text custom fields don't expand Wiki Macros? - short of going and editing the source, is there any knob I can turn to get Wiki Macros in type=text custom fields? - taking a step back, is there a solution to my desire to create a link based on a case number that avoids Macros that would work better here? Thanks --John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-users?hl=en.
