[JENKINS-40293] "Add" button should allow opening the dialogue with a specific "Kind" of credential pre-selected

When a plugin introduces a new credential type (e.g. "Azure Credentials") it would be helpful if the views for those plugins to "Add" a credential could pre-select the "Kind" of credential.

Instead of "Kind" defaulting to "Username with Password" in the "Add Credentials" dialogue, it would be much easier for the "Kind" to open to whatever Kind of credential the plugin is asking the user to enter.

// cc clguiman arroyc_microsoft

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Originally reported by rtyler, imported from: "Add" button should allow opening the dialogue with a specific "Kind" of credential pre-selected

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): credentials-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 1
  
• watchers: 3
  
• imported: 2025-12-08
  

Raw content of original issue

When a plugin introduces a new credential type (e.g. "Azure Credentials") it would be helpful if the views for those plugins to "Add" a credential could pre-select the "Kind" of credential.


Instead of "Kind" defaulting to "Username with Password" in the "Add Credentials" dialogue, it would be much easier for the "Kind" to open to whatever Kind of credential the plugin is asking the user to enter.


// cc clguiman arroyc_microsoft

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