0021947: Required custom fields whose type is radio or checkbox do not display with a red asterisk. - MantisBT - Signup temporarily disabled due to spam

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0021947	mantisbt	ui	public	2016-11-23 15:38	2017-01-27 13:48

Reporter	mcmo	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	2.0.0-rc.1

Summary	0021947: Required custom fields whose type is radio or checkbox do not display with a red asterisk.
Description	I have checked the styles using the Chrome developer tools and that confirms that the radio or checkbox fields do not have the class "required".
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Attached Files	Required Custom fields not marked as required.png (5,558 bytes) Required Custom fields not marked as required.png (5,558 bytes)

mcmo 2016-11-23 15:39 reporter ~0054570	this is similar to 0021886

atrol 2016-11-23 16:23 developer ~0054571	Requiring checkbox input is not possible. How do you want to check that the user entered a value? Requiring radio input should be possible, but offering a radio box without a selected default value is no good practice.

mcmo 2016-11-24 09:44 reporter ~0054576	I found a solution that also fixes 0021886. see attached patch file patch for 21886 and 21947.txt (838 bytes) # This patch file was generated by NetBeans IDE # It uses platform neutral UTF-8 encoding and \n newlines. --- a/<html>bug_report_page.php (<b>02-Nov-2016 14:19:33</b>)</html> +++ b/<html><b>Current File</b></html> @@ -601,11 +601,9 @@ ?> <tr> <th class="category"> - <?php if( $t_def['type'] != CUSTOM_FIELD_TYPE_RADIO && $t_def['type'] != CUSTOM_FIELD_TYPE_CHECKBOX ) { ?> <label for="custom_field_<?php echo string_attribute( $t_def['id'] ) ?>"<?php if( $t_def['require_report'] ) {?> class="required"<?php } ?>> <?php echo string_display( lang_get_defaulted( $t_def['name'] ) ) ?> </label> - <?php } else { echo string_display( lang_get_defaulted( $t_def['name'] ) ); } ?> </th> <td> <?php print_custom_field_input( $t_def, ( $f_master_bug_id === 0 ) ? null : $f_master_bug_id ) ?> patch for 21886 and 21947.txt (838 bytes)

mcmo 2016-11-24 12:15 reporter ~0054578	when there are several options for a checkbox input, it is possible to make it mandatory; I agree that with one option only, requiring it makes no sense. The checkbox input is in terms of possible choices equivalent to a list input (cf. https://www.mantisbt.org/docs/master-1.3.x/en-US/Admin_Guide/html-desktop/#admin.customize.customfields.definitions) If it is possible to require a list input, then it should also be the case for the checkbox, if there are several options. I agree that requiring a radio input without a selected default value is not fine.