Description for user picker fields

Debraj neogi_q2zump

"Start typing to get a list of possible matches" appears every time I am using a user picker field for my screens. Is this description removable? I am setting an empty Description in both Custom Fields and also the project field configuration, still no luck. Thanks.

Geoff Wilson

Here's what you should need (I've done this in JIRA v7):

edit the server file: 

/opt/atlassian/jira/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/com/atlassian/jira/web/action/JiraWebActionSupport.properties

Change the following lines as shown (to remove or change the description after the = )

generic.picker.static.desc=

user.picker.ajax.desc=

Note: I am under the belief that as these are system files, these changes may not be persisted in upgrading to new versions.  As such, I'm keeping a backup of my changes to re-implement if I notice that they have been overwritten during an install.

Bonus: in that file, these are all of the descriptions I've had removed:

timetracking.field.original.estimate.description=

timetracking.field.remaining.estimate.description=

label.edit.start.typing=

generic.picker.static.desc=

user.picker.ajax.desc=

linkissue.sf.picker.desc=