How to have prepopulated information in the description field

Question

I would like to have the "description" field appear with some text to act as a template. I only want this to affect the "bug" issue type.

I have been tinkering for a bit, but I can only seem to edit custom fields, not "core" fields.

Example:
Upon selecting the bug issue type, the description field shows the following text: 
*Description*

*Steps to reproduce* etc.....

Mark Johnson_6hv922 · Answer

@Nic - I certainly see the problem, but can't you also set a validator to make sure that the user changed from the default?

Johnson Wang_ix7d2q · Answer

Hi @Otto,

You can prepopulate the description field using an add-on like Power Scripts.

We've actually put together a quick 8 min video tutorial that walks through all the steps you need to take to set this up. And we've also included the sample code we used, so you can just copy and paste it to test for yourself.

Hope this helps!

Johnson

Otto_3gw0sy · Answer

I fundamentally disagree. The example used in the tutorial of what Ignacio suggested, you can see it doesn't have to be the case. All QA work I have ever done in JIRA had prepopulated fields and they were all filled in. Always, and by all team members.