Menu and toolbar items

File

This menu provides basic file management and editor configuration options:

• New file: Creates a new blank file in the editor.

• New folder: Creates a new folder in the file tree for organizing your scripts.

• New file from snippet: Creates a new file using a predefined code snippet or template.

• Save: Saves the currently open file.

• Settings: Opens the SIL Manager configuration options, including:

  • Theme: Choose editor appearance.

  • File type handling: Set default behavior for files with no extension or unknown extensions.

  • Font size: Adjust editor text size.

  • Placeholder text: Customize the default "Code goes here..." text in new files.

  • Autocomplete settings: Enable/disable autocomplete features and live autocomplete suggestions.

  • Editor display options: Toggle various visual elements.

  • Code formatting: Configure tab behavior and tab size.

Edit

This menu provides standard text editing functions for working with your scripts:

• Search: Find text within the current file.

• Search and Replace: Find and replace text throughout the file.

• Go to: Jump directly to a specific line number.

Insert

This menu provides quick access to common SIL programming constructs, helping you insert properly formatted code templates without having to write the syntax from scratch.

• FOR loop objects: Inserts a FOR loop template for iterating over objects.

• FOR loop with index: Inserts a FOR loop template that includes an index counter.

• IF - ELSE: Inserts an IF-ELSE conditional statement template.

• WHILE: Inserts a WHILE loop template.

• DO WHILE: Inserts a DO-WHILE loop template.

Snippets

This menu provides access to pre-written code templates organized by category. These functional snippets help you quickly insert common Jira automation tasks without writing code from scratch.

Window

This menu controls the SIL Manager’s display option.

• Toggle Full Screen: Expands the SIL Manager to use the entire browser window for maximum workspace.

• Split Screen: Lets you view multiple files side by side (coming soon).

Run

This menu provides controls for executing and testing your scripts:

• Run Configuration: By default, scripts execute in the global context without any specific issue data. Use this option to set a specific Jira issue context for testing your script with real data.

• Check: Validates the syntax of your script without executing it. Use this to catch errors before running.

• Run: Executes the current script. Results appear in the console tab at the bottom of the screen.

• Debug: Opens the Script Debugger (Beta) for step-by-step debugging of your scripts.

Save

Saves your script changes to storage.

Check

Performs syntax validation on the current script.

Run

Executes the script with your current run configuration.

Debug

Opens the Script Debugger (Beta) for step-by-step debugging of your scripts.

Find usages

Searches for references to selected text across all script files. Highlight any text in your script and click this button to find where it's used elsewhere in your codebase.