Form node, required field should show a star (*)

[dastriebel]

Current Behavior

with dashboard 1, if a field is required a star (*) is shown beside the label. with dashborad 2.0 this star is not shown

Expected Behavior

same behavior as with the original dashboard

Steps To Reproduce

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[bartbutenaers]

@dastriebel,
Indeed it seems that the form fields behave not all in the same way.
I have created a sample form containing all the different types:

Some inconsistenties I see:

• The last 2 (date and time) have a black text and icon.
• The elements become red after being clicked. Before clicking on them, it is not really obvious that they are required.
• Currently the labels get a postfix is required. Do you mean that this postfix should be replaced by (*)?

Bart

[dastriebel]

Hi Bart

• The postfix is required is nice, but only shown after leaving the field ==> it's an error message.

• The star (*) (beside the label ) is a behaivior, as i know it all over the internet ==> it's an indicator, that the field is required.

so i would add the start to the label but also keep the postfix.
keep in mind, that the label is optional, so if no label is defined, the star should be shown anyway

Dieter