How do I change the color that will appear when a user inserts a "heading" (e.g., "h3.")?

[Alice Cathcart]

I want to change the default text type when a user adds heading text into the Description field in a JIRA issue.  Right now, for example, you type "h3. Summary" and you get the default heading style - Black, bold. 

I know from working in prior companies' instances that one can change the default for "hn." headings but can't figure out WHERE.

[Craig Castle-Mead]

Hey Alice,

There's a few options, but the most straight forward for a small change like this would be to inject some CSS in to the Announcement Banner (available at /secure/admin/EditAnnouncementBanner!default.jspa )

The below code works in my testing (Jira server), usual disclaimer about testing in a non-production environment first and no guarantees.

As soon as there's any content in the announcement banner (even if it shouldn't render), Jira will insert a space for it between the top menu and the main body content, so the .alertHeader display: none hides that. If you do want to then show an announcement, you'll need to commend this line out.

The description-val h3 should then target the color change just to the issue description area. Adjust the hex color code to suit, you can also add other h# values as needed.

<style>
.alertHeader { display: none; }
#description-val h3 { color: #ff0000; }
</style>

CCM