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How can I make Jira menu display words instead of just icons?

Matias Montes
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August 17, 2018

Most of the users in our organization are not familiarized with jira and the icons are totally meaningless to them.

 

Since there is a lot of real state in our large monitors, could we switch to using actual words next to the icons to more easily navigate the application?

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August 19, 2018

Hi @Matias Montes are you talking about the global sidebar?  You can expand this area to see the full text of each option.  See here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwarecloud/navigate-projects-with-the-sidebar-937886040.html

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