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Bookmark or Share- validation - How to Indicate Required Fields? - Stack OverflowMark 'optional' fields, not 'required' fields. Warning: Nielsen Norman thinks opposite = asterix everywhere. See theirs article or video and make your own opinion. Source: Form fields — Required vs Optional by Jordane Sanson. Why use optional fields is always better than required :
- Using the HTML5 "required" attribute for a group of checkboxes?When using the newer browsers that support HTML5 (FireFox 4 for example); and a form field has the attribute required='required'; and the form field is empty/blank; and the submit button is clicked...
- How to set HTML5 required attribute in Javascript?So if required weren't reflected, you'd set it by adding the attribute: element.setAttribute("required", ""); ...which is the equivalent of element.required = true. You'd clear it by removing it entirely: element.removeAttribute("required"); ...which is the equivalent of element.required = false.
- Use CSS to automatically add 'required field' asterisk to form inputsOn a site with thousands of required fields, I can move the asterisk in front of the input with one change to one line (:after to :before) or I can move it to the end of the label (.required label:after) or in front of the label, or to a position on the containing box, etc...
- html - How to change the default message of the required field in the ...Combination of Mritunjay and Bartu's answers are full answer to this question. I copying the full example. ...
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