Person or Group field does not have description in a New Form

[TKay]

Hi there,
Is there a way to show description for Person or Group filed in New/Edit form?

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[Nikita Kurguzov]

Dear TKay,
Unfortunately this is a known bug with the default Person/Group template. You can either switch to SP2010 template, but that would limit you to the old control, or simply add Plain Text/Rich Text control and insert text there.

[TKay]

Hi Nikita,
Can you provide an example how to add plain text control to it (this would work for me) or can you show me how to create a custom template. I would love to see an example of a custom template for this particular field. SP2010 template does not work properly, it does not display current user in the edit form when I edit the form....

Best,
Tomek

[Nikita Kurguzov]

Dear Tomek,
Easiest way to add text is to simply drag-n-drop Rich Text control into the form and edit it manually:

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[TKay]

Yes, I did that, however I would love to see an example with a custom template. Can you give me an example?

Best,
Tomek