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Steve Willems
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Jul 17 '13, 7:42 a.m.
 Using the Default Value based attributes customization (Script based) I can add a default text in the  descripiton based on the work item type. 
This is working fine, however to make it nicer (as possible with the Multiline text) I would like to add some basic formatting. 

Does anyone have an idea if thisis possible and how?

Thanks a lot

Here's a short example of the js 
(function() {
	var instructions= {
		"defect": "<b>1.Summary:</b> Fill in a nice and clear description"
	};
	var WorkItemAttributes= com.ibm.team.workitem.api.common.WorkItemAttributes;
    dojo.declare("scripts.DefaultDescription", null, {

        getDefaultValue: function(attribute, workItem, configuration) {
			var type = workItem.getValue(WorkItemAttributes.TYPE);
			var instruction = instructions[type];
			if (instruction == null) {
				return "";
			} else {
				return instruction;
			}
			
        }
    });
})();

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sam detweiler
(12.5k●6●195●201) Jul 16 '13, 11:57 a.m.
the summary and description fields are not HTML, so HTML tags won't work.

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Steve Willems
Jul 17 '13, 7:41 a.m.

both summary and description are medium and  large HTML type attributes

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Indradri Basu
(1.8k●1●5●14) Jul 17 '13, 7:28 a.m.
Hi Steve, your idea is fine and to add multiline text in the default value string you can use \n for new line or line breaks. Something like :
var value = "This is the 1st line \n2nd line..."
return value;

Should give you :

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Steve Willems
(88●1●13●11) edited
Jul 17 '13, 7:41 a.m.
Thanks, I knew it was possible using new line but it would be nice to use also some bold items for titles/sections in the  description.

When you take a look at what is save in the process description when using a default value (multiline html) this is what you get so I guess somehow it should be possible to send this also back in an understandable format for the description (which is of type multiline HTML) using the script: 

<defaultValueProvider id="com.ibm.team.workitem.valueproviders.DEFAULT_VALUE_PROVIDER._X9WL0NdnEeKVVrGT3p2MUA" name="Guidelines User Story" providerId="com.ibm.team.workitem.common.internal.attributeValueProviders.CustomDefaultHTMLProvider">
	<value content="&lt;b&gt;1.Summary:&lt;/b&gt; use a good subject line that is clear and concise.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Description:&lt;/b&gt; Make sure the description contains all steps required to finish the implementation of the User Story and fully describes what is requested.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;3.Acceptance criteria:&lt;/b&gt; Make sure to put the conditions on which the story is considered as completed. It is very important here to described what is (or what is not) included so a tester can set it as verified. Typically here you will find also the links towards test cases validating the User Story."/>
</defaultValueProvider>

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