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2/21/2013 6:42 AM
 

I have the feedback form in place and upgraded to the latest version (6.3.0).

The form is headed with the text "Indicates required fields" but does not say whay indicates required fields and the fields themselves have no indicator to say if they are required ot not.

I have tried adding optional fields but still nothing. I've not found anything about this on forum or wider web searches so possibly I have done something wrong but can't see what as it has been like this from stage one.

 
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2/21/2013 10:29 AM
 

I had the same problem and the only way to achieve this is to tweak a css file. You can have a try with Firebug in Firefox.

If you don't know how to go about it just post the page link here and  I'll try to help you out.


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2/21/2013 10:59 AM
 

I'm fairly OK with tweaking CSS files and inspecting the elements on page.

Finding the file and knowing what to tweak it too would be a slightly different matter (unless I just set the text to colour to the BG ;-).

I'll have a poke around when I get a chance. I'll have to also see if there is an area to report this as a bug.

 
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2/21/2013 2:25 PM
 

I'm assuming that you are using DotNetNuke v 7.x. One of the default.css changes in DNN 7.x was to change the DNN 6.x required field indicator from a red bar on the left border of input and textarea tags to a small "star" to beside the field label. As Feedback has not yet been updated to follow the new DNN 7 form patterns it applies the class "dnnFormRequired" to any field element that is defined in the module settings as being required. In DNN 7.x, the "dnnFormRequired" class has to be applied to the filed label (dnnLabel control or label html tag).

You should be able to restore the DNN 6.x style required field indicators by adding the following CSS rules to those in the file DesktopModules/Feedback/module.css:

.FeedbackForm input.dnnFormRequired, .NarrowFeedbackForm input.dnnFormRequired,
.FeedbackForm textarea.dnnFormRequired, .NarrowFeedbackForm textarea.dnnFormRequired
{
      border-left:5px #F00 solid;
}

.FeedbackForm .dnnFormHelp p.dnnFormRequired,
.NarrowFeedbackForm .dnnFormHelp p.dnnFormRequired
{
     border-left: 5px #F00 solid;
     padding-left: 5px;
}

I don't believe there is a purely css fix that would apply the DNN 7.x pattern's red "star" on required field labels should you prefer that approach.

I'm not personally in favor of the change to required field indicators in DNN 7.x so have been adding the above to some existing site's Feedback modules as they are upgraded to DNN 7.x.


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2/21/2013 4:18 PM
 
Many thanks for the both the required code and detailed description. I am sure this will also help others after me.

May the Harbinger of Muffins come to foretell good things for you and yours.
 
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