Store Required Field Bulletin For Free

Historically asterisks are used to indicate an omission. I believe this stems from early typesetting but is still used today especially when swearing in written media. From this came the idea of omitting sections and having footnotes instead, - and the asterisk was used to denote a footnote reference.

For each entity there are a handful of fields that are mandatory, which means they must appear on the Details of each category by default and cannot be removed.

Removing the Required Asterisk Go to Style > Text > Text Options and uncheck the option Show Required Asterisks. Click Apply Changes.

This is one of the most widely-adopted methods to notify the users that a form control is required. A star (asterisk) symbol is provided along with the label. If the label is programmatically associated with form control, then it is accessible to assistive technologies.

Use asterisks to indicate required fields? Another common approach seen in forms is to mark the mandatory fields with an asterisk and not mark the optional fields. While an asterisk to the left of the label makes it easy to see, it assumes a user understands what this means.

These fields are marked with an asterisk (*) to indicate that they are mandatory. In this blog post, we will discuss how to remove or hide these required field asterisks in Joomla.

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.

You've all seen the asterisk next to an input label. Sighted people have learned that an asterisk means "This field is required".