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If you want to change the label of a field in jira, you can do so by writing a simple script, and adding it to the description of the field. The below example makes the field colored red.
<script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(document).ready(function($) { JIRA.bind(JIRA.Events.NEW_CONTENT_ADDED, function (e,context) { callFunction(); }); callFunction(); function callFunction(){ AJS.$('label[for=customfield_11700]').css({color:'red'}); AJS.$("#customfield_11700").parent('label').css('color','red'); } }); </script>
<script type="text/javascript"> priority = document.getElementById('priority'); if (priority) { target = document.getElementById('customfield_12800'); // Hide the target field if priority isn't critical if (priority.value != 2) target.style.display='none'; priority.onchange=function() { if (this.value == 2) { target.style.display = ''; // set background color of the text box to yellow target.style.backgroundColor = "yellow"; // set font color to red target.style.color = "red"; target.value="enter message here"; } else { target.style.display='none'; } } } </script>
You can display informational messages in your Jira tickets for users to see. See the following URL: AUI Messages
Source URL: Atlassian Documentation - Lozenges
Although the documentation is a bit outdated, and the colors don't match exactly what is in the documentation, in principal you can add an aui-lozenge to your option in order to create colorful options in your drop down menus:
In order to accomplish this, you need to add span code as you see it in the screenshot: