Stack Required Field Permit For Free

Under the Page Layouts section, Click on Edit on the page layout that you use on the object. Click the wrench icon beside the custom field that you will make required. Select the Required checkbox. Click on Ok, then click on Save.

Make a field mandatory Right-click the field's label in the form and select Configure Dictionary. In the Dictionary form, select the Mandatory check box. Click Update. The next time the form is opened, a field status indicator appears next to the field label, indicating that a value is mandatory.

You can make a field mandatory through: Dictionary Definition of the field (make the read-only check box true) a client script (using g_form. setMandatory('<field_name>', true) a UI policy, either by script (using the same script as above) or by configuring a UI policy action.

There are 4 ways of making the field mandatory: Page Layout: Field can be made mandatory from the page layout when it needs to be made mandatory for a set of users.

Required fields should be indicated with either a symbol or text, not just color. When providing an indicator for a required field, it should be placed right before the form field. This allows a screen reader to read the indicator to a screen reader user right before the user activates the field.

Different ways to make field mandatory : Make the field ?Required? at the time of field creation by checking the ?Required? check box. Make the field Required through Page Layout by checking the ?Required ? checkbook in Field Properties. Validation Rules can also be used to make the field mandatory.

Summary: Using an asterisk to mark required fields is an easy way to improve the usability of your forms. Only marking optional fields makes it difficult for people to fill out the form.