# Formfield "Description" Value is not displayed in Angular

**URL:** <https://jsonforms.discourse.group/t/formfield-description-value-is-not-displayed-in-angular/1042>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 25, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://jsonforms.discourse.group/t/formfield-description-value-is-not-displayed-in-angular/1042 "2022-09-25T20:38:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@Thani](https://jsonforms.discourse.group/u/Thani)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://jsonforms.discourse.group/t/formfield-description-value-is-not-displayed-in-angular/1042/1 "2022-09-25T20:38:07Z")

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Hello everyone.

I seem to have a rather simple, but troublesome issue.  
When I try to use the “description” key for the definition of a property, the description text does not get displayed. I am currently trying out JSON Forms using the Angular Seed provided here:

[https://github.com/eclipsesource/jsonforms-angular-seed](https://github.com/eclipsesource/jsonforms-angular-seed)

I have just copied the basic example from the website:  
[https://jsonforms.io/examples/basic](https://jsonforms.io/examples/basic)

When entering something into the “Name” field I noticed, that on the website the defined description is shown, but not when I use the example with the angular seed on my machine.

Is this a known issue or maybe something that angular does not support?  
Is there a way to get this to work? Maybe using a custom renderer?

Cheers  
Thani

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**Author:** ![sdirix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/jsonforms.discourse.group/sdirix/32/1073_2.png) [@sdirix](https://jsonforms.discourse.group/u/sdirix)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://jsonforms.discourse.group/t/formfield-description-value-is-not-displayed-in-angular/1042/2 "2022-09-29T11:09:51Z")

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Hi @Thani,

I can confirm that this seems to be broken in the current Angular Material renderers. Using the option `showUnfocusedDescription: true` still seems to work, however then the description is shown at all times and not only when the corresponding field is focused.

Can you open a bug report agains the [main repository](https://github.com/eclipsesource/jsonforms)?

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**Author:** ![Thani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@Thani](https://jsonforms.discourse.group/u/Thani)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://jsonforms.discourse.group/t/formfield-description-value-is-not-displayed-in-angular/1042/3 "2022-09-29T12:44:37Z")

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Thank you for the information, I will create a bug report as suggested.