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Pre defined text in Details field in Work Item TFS 2015

we want the details field of our work items to have a pre defined text. Since the fields have the attribuded HTML, is it possible to do so?

Solution

  • Yes, you can customize the field to have a default value (Define a default value or copy a value to a field) and you can use html code for the default value:

     <FIELD name="Repro Steps" refname="Microsoft.VSTS.TCM.ReproSteps" type="HTML">
    <REQUIRED />
    <DEFAULT from="value" value="&lt;b&gt;Environment tested:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;foo&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Steps:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Actual results:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Expected results:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;" /></FIELD>