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Asked: 2026-05-21T03:56:00+00:00

is there a standard best practice to show that a form field is mandatory:

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is there a standard best practice to show that a form field is mandatory:

  1. highlight the label in bold ??
  2. change the backcolor or border of the input textbox ??

is there any css standards or suggestions of having some visual indicator that a field is mandatory that will be recognized as universally as possible.

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s common practice to use an asterisk on the label. Is it common practice because it’s a good method, or is it just common practice because of habit? I don’t know.

    I know I’m not a big fan of it. I generally encourage:

    1. Really think about each field. Do you REALLY need to require it? Can you ask for the info later? Can we shorten the form down so it’s only the fields we really need?

    2. If we’ve reduced the fields down to only those that we really need, then we can just way all fields are required.

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