How to display the system Assignee field as full name with avatar in board view?
Asked by David Nadri:

Currently, it appears that the system field 'Assignee' in JPD doesn't have the display options like the People field does.

![CleanShot 2024-03-13 at 12.10.33 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/311706i67B74CFDD1DCD593/image-dimensions/165x239?v=v2 "CleanShot 2024-03-13 at 12.10.33 AM.png") ![CleanShot 2024-03-13 at 12.10.49 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/311705iA4A338A6B5888137/image-dimensions/209x145?v=v2 "CleanShot 2024-03-13 at 12.10.49 AM.png")

In a JPD board view, the system 'Assignee' field only displays as an avatar (without a name).

The board view already displays the user's avatar and full name for a field with the 'People' field type (e.g. 'Owner') \[see screenshot below\], so I don't see why the system 'Assignee' field can't be displayed the same way.

My goal is to have the 'Assignee' field displays as an avatar with full name in a board view, like it already does in the *list view*.

![CleanShot 2024-03-13 at 10.06.26 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/311835i12A56B92D194B35D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "CleanShot 2024-03-13 at 10.06.26 AM.png")


Answers:
author: David Nadri
body: [@Nick H](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2540930) - thx for your comments. Apologies, I should've been more clear.

Correct, it does display the name when selecting an assignee and when viewing it in a *list view*.

To clarify, I meant to add that I'm looking to have the 'Assignee' displayed as the user's avatar and full name on an idea ***in the board view***, like it does for a field with the 'People' field type, such as the 'Owner' field shown in the screenshot below.

![CleanShot 2024-03-13 at 10.06.26 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/311833iCA70B5D4A9A89F73/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "CleanShot 2024-03-13 at 10.06.26 AM.png")

comments: author: Nick H
body: Hi [@David Nadri](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3918237) ,

Thanks for clarifying! That makes more sense.

At this time I don't believe it's possible to display both the user's name and avatar in a Board view. But I also believe this is by design due to this type of view being more compact so it's compacting this field/assignee as well.

Feel free to provide this feedback within your JPD under the *Give feedback* tab - which goes directly to engineering.


author: David Nadri
body: [@Nick H](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2540930) - yep, I'm going to submit this feedback to the JPD team.

But as I show in my screenshot, the board view already displays the Owner/People field with the avatar and full name already, so I don't see why the system 'Assignee' field can't be displayed the same way. It's still compact and fits nicely.


author: Nick H
body: Hi David,

Custom people-fields allow you to configure displaying either the users' avatar, or full name with avatar on ideas.

The Assignee is a system-field, and system fields cannot be edited - which is why this flexibility might not be offered at the moment.

I know the functionality also differs from List to Board view - but I wanna say the current behavior is by design.

Regardless - I see you have entered your feedback with engineering so I've linked this Community post, and included additional information. Hopefully engineering considers these visibility improvements / suggestions in the future.


author: Nick H
body: Hi [@David Nadri](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3918237) ,

Users' avatars and full name *should* display when selecting an assignee:

![assignee1.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/311800i4E9EFB7C1368D07B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "assignee1.jpg")![assignee2.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/311801iAC7C54983159566F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "assignee2.jpg")

But only creators can be assigned an idea, while custom-people field(s) can be assigned to any contributor or creator.


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