I have created a custom field (user picker). I would like the field description to be "bold" when displayed on screens. I put the description between text but that is how it is displayed on the screen. It does appear bold under the field on the Administration page. This is on Jira Software v 7.2.

It was also working for us, till there was the lattest update of xporter we have a stupid icon within the text !! Helpdesk has no glue! Can someone help us?

I had no idea this existed, thank you!

Thanks @Amit Girme Sorry for the late reply. For some reason I seem to have missed the notification about your interesting reply! Your approach only works with certain field types. I did a short test. it works with * Text field (single line) * Text Field (multi-line) * Checkboxes * Select List (Single Choice) * Select List (multiple choices) It does not work with: * Select List (Single Choice) (strange: In some cases of such field type this worked, in some it didn't.) * Multiple Issue Link Picker (this type comes from an add-on) I don't have more custom field types to test with currently. Strange: In the "Edit" dialog for all/some(?) custom field types, under the description field there is written "You can include HTML, make sure to close all your tags." But why, if it doesn't work? :D It seems, that where your approach works, also HTML tags work, so links to documentation pages for using a field can be included. Too bad, I need such a link for the "Multiple Isse Link Picker" type, but just there it doesn't work. Daniel

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HTML and custom field description

Steve Johnson_qx1njj

I have created a custom field (user picker). I would like the field description to be "bold" when displayed on screens. I put the description between <b>text</b> but that is how it is displayed on the screen. It does appear bold under the field on the Administration page. This is on Jira Software v 7.2.

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Atlassian are removing the html from displays because it's a vector for security attacks. They've not got around to the admin screens yet, as admins generally have to be trusted no matter what.

Steve Johnson_qx1njj

Thanks for quick reply. So there is no way to make the field description visually standout on my screens?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Not really, no.

Nicolas_Dovran

We're using panel to have a more visual description :

{panel:title=Problem statement|titleBGColor=#444852|bgColor=#f5f5f5|titleColor=#FFFFFF|borderStyle=dashed|borderColor=#444852}
Your text goes here
{panel}

Daniel_ocfidy

@Nicolas_Dovran , Panel looks interesting. How to get that into Jira custom field descriptions? I don't know anything about Panel yet. Googleing showed me that it seems to be an add-on for Confluence, so I can nicely format text on Confluence pages?..

Nicolas_Dovran

https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/WikiRendererHelpAction.jspa?section=advanced

You can use it within field "description".

Daniel_ocfidy

@Nicolas_Dovran , unfortunately, this does not work here. See screenshot. Jira Server v7.11.1. Should this work out of the box, without an add-on?
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