I can reproduce this on 1.642.1 and on 2.32.1.

The fields will appear if you click on the radio buttons. The script text will appear if you start editing. I think this is a framework bug in Jenkins/Stapler/Jelly and needs to be fixed there.

The issue with multiple links in the sidebar is also a limitation of the framework and would IMHO need to be addressed in Jenkins core. A build step can provide some actions to be shown in the side bar. And Jenkins currently shows all provided action even if they are identical.

Why do you need multiple Job DSL build steps?

Technically, I suppose I don't need to.

I currently have several DSL scripts categorized in different directories that configure ~145 jobs. My current seed job had a build step for each directory (some of these directories are all DSL scripts - others contain groovy files that get read into the DSL scripts.. so i would have to write a more complicated regex for which files to process that i felt was necessary when i could just use multiple build steps).

This was something I noticed that I felt should be brought to your attention - but I guess isn't a blocker.

Sounds like it should be handled in Jenkins core anyway - thanks!

A build step can provide some actions to be shown in the side bar. And Jenkins currently shows all provided action even if they are identical.

Not a core bug. The solution is for the plugin / whatever adds actions to check whether an action exists already (and add data to that if applicable) in subsequent step executions before adding a new action.

Unfortunately this issue is about two problems, the radio buttons and the side bar links. PR #989 is going to fix the problem with the side bar links. I'm opening another ticket for the problem with the radio buttons.

JENKINS-41389 is the follow-up issue for the problem with the radio buttons and textareas.

Code changed in jenkins
User: Daniel Spilker
Path:
docs/Home.md
job-dsl-plugin/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/ExecuteDslScripts.java
job-dsl-plugin/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/actions/ApiViewerActionFactory.groovy
job-dsl-plugin/src/test/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/ExecuteDslScriptsSpec.groovy
job-dsl-plugin/src/test/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/actions/ApiViewerActionFactorySpec.groovy
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/job-dsl-plugin/35606b7b2eff31d821e736ec531a47213d505f33
Log:
show only one link to embedded API viewer

[FIXES JENKINS-41083]

Code changed in jenkins
User: Daniel Spilker
Path:
docs/Home.md
job-dsl-plugin/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/ExecuteDslScripts.java
job-dsl-plugin/src/main/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/actions/ApiViewerActionFactory.groovy
job-dsl-plugin/src/test/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/ExecuteDslScriptsSpec.groovy
job-dsl-plugin/src/test/groovy/javaposse/jobdsl/plugin/actions/ApiViewerActionFactorySpec.groovy
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/job-dsl-plugin/62306c7d1c4f0a2d8eee62b8e82130b5d30cc706
Log:
Merge pull request #989 from daspilker/JENKINS-41083

JENKINS-41083 show only one link to embedded API viewer

Compare: https://github.com/jenkinsci/job-dsl-plugin/compare/224523422c47...62306c7d1c4f