How to add a URL in the field description of the attachment field

[Camille Lecerf]

Hi,

I would like to add a clickable URL in the description of the Attachment field
Here is what I get now (in this example I want the text to be "Click Here" and the URL to be https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jira) :

It is weird because this HTML code works in the Summary description...

Thanks & Regards,

Camille

[Barb O'Connell]

Just to have the answer handy ... as of January 2020, you can have a URL in your field description.  Apparently, it works for some custom field types, but not others.  I was able to put a url in a custom field of type "Number field".  I had to edit both the custom field description and the description in the field configuration (just changing the first was not enough).  Also because it's Cloud, I used wiki markup which is different than the way I did in on-prem.  Here's an example:

Low = 1 ... High = 5 [Guidelines for scoring|https://xyz.sharepoint.com//IT/file.txt]

I hope this helps.

[Silvi]

Hello, this functionality still does not work on Jira? Do we know if it is going to be added? Thank you!!

[Angélica Luz]

Hi Camille,

The functionality to display HTML content was removed from Jira due to security reasons, so currently it's not possible to add a clickable link on field's description because this field does not have a Wiki Markup renderer.
We have a feature request suggesting the implementation of such ability:

- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-38353

I'm sorry that we can't be more helpful on it.

Regards,
Angélica

[Roland Holban (Adaptavist)]

In short, you cant. The reason it works on fields like Summary is because they use a text renderer, while fields like Attachment doesnt use any renderer.

Atlassian believes that "Potentially any field within JIRA applications can be a renderable field, but this only really makes sense in the case of text-based fields and multi-select fields".

You can find a list of renderable fields here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver073/configuring-renderers-861253418.html#Configuringrenderers-Renderablefields

The only way you could accomplish what you want is by creating a JIRA plugin...but thats probalby not worth the hassle. Sorry I couldnt give you a better answer :(