How to Select multiple work items programmatically in Azure devops? - tfs

Question

I am writing a Task Creator extension for ADO where we can create multiple tasks for multiple WITs.
Currently, I have a working extension where it allows to create multiple tasks on a single PBI.
This is how my manifest file looks
{
"manifestVersion": 1,
"id": "taskcreatortest",
"version": "1.0.24",
"name": "TaskCreator",
"description": "Create bulk tasks for a Work Item",
"publisher": "ZankhanaRana",
"galleryFlags": [
"Preview"
],
"icons": {
"default": "static/images/logo.png"
},
"scopes": [
"vso.work_write",
"vso.work",
"vso.code"
],
"targets": [
{
"id": "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services"
}
],
"screenshots": [
{
"path": "static/images/menu.png"
},
{
"path": "static/images/createtaskform.png"
}
],
"demands": [
"api-version/3.0"
],
"tags": [
"TFS/VSTS Task Creator","Task"
],
"content": {
"details": {
"path": "overview.md"
},
"license": {
"path": "license.md"
}
},
"links": {
"getstarted": {
"uri": "https://bit.ly"
},
"support": {
"uri": "https://bit.ly"
},
"issues": {
"uri": "https://bit.ly"
}
},
"repository": {
"type": "git",
"uri": "https://bit.ly"
},
"branding": {
"color": "rgb(220, 235, 252)",
"theme": "light"
},
"files": [ ... ],
"categories": [
"Azure Test Plans"
],
"contributions": [
{
"id": "createtasks-context-menu",
"type": "ms.vss-web.action",
"description": "Toolbar item to create tasks for a work item",
"targets":[
"ms.vss-work-web.work-item-context-menu",
"ms.vss-work-web.work-item-toolbar-menu"
],
"properties": {
"uri": "static/index.html",
"text": "Create Tasks",
"title": "Create multiple tasks for a work item",
"toolbarText": "Create Tasks",
"groupId":"core"
}
},
{
"id": "createTasks-Form",
"type": "ms.vss-web.control",
"description": "Select task to create",
"targets": [ ],
"properties": {
"uri": "static/createTaskForm.html"
}
}
]
}
I am unable to select multiple work items, right-click and Create tasks.
An alert message 'Select only one item' pops up.
There are other custom extensions I installed, for example, Work Item Visualization by Microsoft Devlabs which allows multiple item selection. I think it has something to do with my configuration/manifest file.
Can someone point at what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I found the solution to this problem. Initially, I thought it has something to do with the extension configuration file (vss-extension.json); but I had a code in my script which checked for the number of items selected and if the number of items is greater than 1, it returned the alert box.
I changed that condition and everything run fine.
VSS.ready(function () {
VSS.register(VSS.getContribution().id, function (context) {
return {
execute: function (actionContext) {
if (actionContext.workItemDirty)
showDialog("Please save your work item first");
else if (actionContext.workItemIds && actionContext.workItemIds.length > 1)
showDialog("Select only one work item");
else {
var workItemType = getWorkItemType(actionContext)
if ($.inArray(workItemType, allowedWorkItemTypes) >= 0)
showPropertiesInDialog(actionContext, "Create Tasks");
else
showDialog("Not available for " + workItemType);
}
}
};
});
VSS.notifyLoadSucceeded();
});