704113 - Ability to add custom boolean fields (i.e. checkboxes) to a bug

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Bugzilla :: Bugzilla-General, enhancement)

Description

[Kent Rogers [:mrbball]]

It would be nice to be able to define custom fields that are
boolean values, which would show up as checkboxes on the
create/edit forms.

Comment 1

[bigstijn]

Can't flags can be used for this ?

Suggest wontfix ?

Comment 2

[Frédéric Buclin]

(In reply to bigstijn from comment #1)
> Can't flags can be used for this ?

If you disable the "?" state, yes. Your flags would have +/- only. Kent, doesn't this match your needs?

Comment 3

[Kent Rogers [:mrbball]]

No. I suppose a flag could technically be used for this, but it would be very much
of a hack.  Even by disabling "?", a flag becomes a 3-state attribute (+, -, empty)
and has a username associated with it when + or -.

I'm looking for a field (displayed as a checkbox), not a flag, and I think custom
fields should provide this type, and I don't believe it would be too difficult to
implement. I might even be willing to tackle it, since I've already done something
somewhat similar as a customization.

Comment 4

[Max Kanat-Alexander]

Note that presently you can hack around this by having a drop-down that has only the default value and the value "Yes" in it.

Comment 5

[Kent Rogers [:mrbball]]

(In reply to Max Kanat-Alexander from comment #4)
> Note that presently you can hack around this by having a drop-down that has
> only the default value and the value "Yes" in it.
>
True, and this is workaround I am going with for now, but it's not quite as intuitive
as a checkbox.

Comment 6

[Jens Bannmann]

FWIW, I would also like to have this feature. My use case is roughly similar to what mozilla.org does with the "relnote" keyword. As Kent wrote, a checkbox would be more intuitive and involve less clicking/typing than keywords, flags or dropdowns.

Comment 7

[mozilla]

We also need this feature.