Change Linked Issues default to "related to" instead of "blocked by"

Rob Bl

For linking to other issues from within a Jira ticket, how do I change the default from "blocked by" to "related to"?

I've never once used "blocked by," but half the links I create end up being "blocked by" because I forget I have to choose "related to" — which is all the way at the bottom of that drop-down, and is "below the fold" 80% of the time, and I have to scroll the window before I can even see it.

99.5% of the time "related to" is what I need. How do I make it my personal default?

 

/fully anticipating one of the two usual Atlassian answers:

• It's not possible, even though there's years-old feature request with a ton of support — go vote for it, maybe the 1099th vote will actually make a difference
• Only an admin can do that, and the change affects everyone

Jerrold - Empyra

Hi, currently in Jira, when we click on "Link Issue", it shows a default link type. In your scenario, it is blocked because Jira displays this as a default value based on the order set in the settings. Jira sorts the issue link types alphabetically by their names.

Each link type has a Name, inward description, and outward description. In the issue view, we only see the inward and outward descriptions but not the name of the link type. So if you put "1" in front of the relates link type name, it will be prioritized as the first in order and set as default.

Thank you.