https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/any-way-to-change-the-required-field-asterisk-to-something-else Gravity Support Forums Topic: Any way to change the required field asterisk to something else? en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:26:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/any-way-to-change-the-required-field-asterisk-to-something-else#post-59592 Mon, 21 May 2012 05:57:34 +0000 davemac 59592@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You could do this using CSS. Will only work on CSS3 capable browsers:</p> <pre><code>.gform_wrapper .gform_body .gform_fields .gfield .gfield_label .gfield_required:after{ content: &quot; (required)&quot;; }</code></pre> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/any-way-to-change-the-required-field-asterisk-to-something-else#post-41298 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:57:11 +0000 Carl Hancock 41298@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@Joe T It's not stored in the database. It's in the core Gravity Forms code. Currently there is no settings option to change or configure this. Because of that the only way to do this is via a simple customization as explained by Kevin above.</p> <p>Gravity Forms is extremely feature rich, but it will never provide 100% of the functionality that every individual user wants because expectations and needs vary greatly. In those situations it's extremely customizable and can be made to do what you want through the use of customizations. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/any-way-to-change-the-required-field-asterisk-to-something-else#post-41259 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:18:50 +0000 Joe T 41259@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Where does the asterisk currently live and why can we not just change it (even if in the db) to whatever we want the required field indicator to be? </p> <p>Usability studies have clearly shown that the single red asterisk is quite often overllooked, creating a less than optimal user experince. We need a way other than loading images and independent scripts to control this simple text. Is it really not possible outside of scripts and images? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/any-way-to-change-the-required-field-asterisk-to-something-else#post-23809 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:08:32 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 23809@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Just a simple CSS change to manipulate the color. There's a CSS sample on the documentation page.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/CSS_Targeting_Samples#Required_Field_Indicator_.28Asterisk.29" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/CSS_Targeting_Samples#Required_Field_Indicator_.28Asterisk.29</a></p> <p>Look for the section titled "Required Field Indicator (Asterisk)" </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/any-way-to-change-the-required-field-asterisk-to-something-else#post-23804 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:19:17 +0000 tanksalot 23804@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>What would be the change necessary to have the color in the first suggestion jQuery inherit from the page's CSS? I'd prefer the text "(required)" too. But the red doesn't work on my page background. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/any-way-to-change-the-required-field-asterisk-to-something-else#post-10911 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:00:21 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 10911@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You could add something like this to your page template.. assuming you are already loading jQuery in your theme of course..</p> <pre><code>&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; jQuery(document).ready(function() { $(&quot;.gform_wrapper .gfield_required&quot;).html(&quot;* required field&quot;); }); &lt;/script&gt;</code></pre> <p>which gives you something like this..</p> <p><a href="http://grab.by/grabs/fdc581e0db93dbe666f46f644c618b43.png" rel="nofollow">screenshot</a></p> <p>OR you could do something with just CSS - replace the default asterisk with some type of inline icon.. here's a CSS sample.</p> <pre><code>.gform_wrapper .gfield_required { width:16px; height:16px; display: -moz-inline-stack; display: inline-block; zoom: 1; *display: inline; text-indent:-9000px; background-image:url(../images/myrequiredimage.png); background-repeat:no-repeat }</code></pre> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/any-way-to-change-the-required-field-asterisk-to-something-else#post-10908 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:45:13 +0000 Carl Hancock 10908@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>This isn't possible as a built in feature. It is doable as a customization. You would have to use jQuery to replace the contents of the span that contains the asterisk to whatever you wanted it to be using jQuery scripting. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/any-way-to-change-the-required-field-asterisk-to-something-else#post-10906 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:02:16 +0000 carbonatedinc 10906@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I'd like to change the asterisk(*) that denotes a required field to just the text (required) is there anyway that i can do this? </p>