Adding new tabs in the Browse Project screen

In this recipe, we will see how to add a new tab in the Browse Project screen.

Getting ready

Create a new skeleton plugin using the Atlassian Plugin SDK.

How to do it...

The following are the steps to create a new project tab panel:

1. Define the project tab panel in atlassian-plugin.xml.

   <project-tabpanel key="jtricks-project-panel" i18n-name-key="projectpanels.jtricks.name" name="JTricks Panel" class="com.jtricks.JTricksProjectTabPanel">
     <description>A sample Project Tab Panel</description><label>JTricks Panel</label>
     <order>900</order>
     <resource type="velocity" name="view" location="templates/project/project-panel.vm" />
   </project-tabpanel>

   Here, the plugin module has a unique key attribute and should define a class that implements the tab panel. It also has a list of elements, explained as follows:

   • description: A description of the tab panel

   • label: A human-readable label for the panel

   • resource...