How to display in Jira the priority name next to the priority icon in the Column View
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Summary
This article instructs how to display the priority name next to the priority icon in the Column View.
Environment
All versions of Jira Core 8.x and 9.x.
Solution
- Open the file
<JIRA_INSTALL>/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/templates/jira/issue/field/priority-columnview.vm Modify the line below:
From:
<img src="$iconurl.get()" height="16" width="16" border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="$textutils.htmlEncode($priority.get().getNameTranslation(), false)" title="$textutils.htmlEncode($priority.get().getNameTranslation(), false) - $textutils.htmlEncode($!priority.get().getDescTranslation(), false)">To:
<img src="$iconurl.get()" height="16" width="16" border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="$textutils.htmlEncode($priority.get().getNameTranslation(), false)" title="$textutils.htmlEncode($priority.get().getNameTranslation(), false) - $textutils.htmlEncode($!priority.get().getDescTranslation(), false)"> $textutils.htmlEncode($!priority.get().nameTranslation, false)- Restart Jira.
- Validate that the dashboard is showing the priority name next to the priority icon. Here is an example:
