On my sign up form, only Age shows a required * symbol. However, the email, username, name, and password are all required as well in my form. I suggest the required * symbol show up on these fields as well because right now, it’s confusing why I’m not able to create an account.
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Required Asterisks in Sign Up Form
A discussion was started by debryc regarding the inconsistent display of required asterisks (*) in the sign up form. They pointed out that only the Age field is currently marked as required, despite other fields like email, username, name, and password being mandatory as well.
awesomerobot agreed with debryc, suggesting that consistency is necessary between default and custom fields. However, codinghorror opposed the change, arguing that adding asterisks to every field would be “noisy” and that it’s not a priority without a paying customer to support the engineering work.
awesomerobot proposed a compromise, suggesting that showing asterisks for all required fields could be implemented only when custom fields are present, which would be a relatively easy change.
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Yes, you’re right. It’s confusing that we’re not consistent between default fields and custom fields here. Let’s fix this.
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I am not sure I agree with this. In the default form only one field is optional, and it says so, so adding an asterisk to every other field is kinda noisy. I would be opposed to this change.
Having it happen only when there are other custom required user fields is an option, but feels like a lot of engineering work without a paying customer to underwrite that work. We have a lot on our plate right now.
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I agree that it’s not necessary by default because it’s a short form, but it’s bad that we do two different things when custom fields are present. We do already have a class in there when custom fields are present, so I think it’s an easy change to show asterisks for all required fields in that case.
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