Marking fields required using an abbreviation

8 Sept 2014 · 0 min
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In this brief instructional video, the presenter demonstrates how to mark a form field as required by appending an asterisk to the field label. The example shown is the "First name" field, where the speaker adds an asterisk and edits the text to reflect the required status, illustrating a simple visual cue for required inputs in web forms.

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