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HeenaHeena 

Required red Mark on a visualforce page

Hi All,

 

I have a visualforce page which has some input fields displayed in it.

These fields are not present in the database. I want to get the red mark on this fields that Salesforce has for required field.

 

I have seen that the red mark appears when we use standard controller and display standard field with required =  true in the field attribute. But in my case the fields are not a part of the database. 

 

Does visualforce has any inbuilt attribute to display the red mark or should I get it as an image myself?

 

 

Thanks & Regards,

Heena 

Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
Rajesh ShahRajesh Shah
<apex:pageBlockSectionItem >
   <apex:outputLabel value="Status" for="Status"/>
   <apex:outputPanel styleClass="requiredInput" layout="block">  
      <apex:outputPanel styleClass="requiredBlock" layout="block"/>
      <apex:selectList id="chooseStatus" value="{!Contact_Exemption_ACU__c.Status__c}" size="1" required="true" >
          <apex:selectOption itemValue="Approved" itemLabel="Approved"/>
          <apex:selectOption itemValue="Closed" itemLabel="Closed"/>                      
      </apex:selectList>
   </apex:outputPanel>              
</apex:pageBlockSectionItem>                 
 Hey, above is the code to get the red mark for an reqd attribute. Although I have used an standard field, any field can be used in the value in Select List. Also, if you need to display the error message later,following is the code. 
<apex:outputPanel styleClass="requiredInput" layout="block">
    <apex:inputField id="ACU_held_in_Customer" value="{!Contact_Exemption_ACU__c.ACU_held_in_Customer__c}"/> 
    <apex:outputPanel styleClass="errorMsg" layout="block" rendered="{!errorACUheldInCustomer}">
       <strong>Error:</strong> {!errorMessage}
    </apex:outputPanel>
 </apex:outputPanel>
 After doing the validation in the Controller, set the errorACUheldInCustomer to true and set the errorMessage. 
Hope this helps. 
  
 
 
Message Edited by Rajesh Shah on  02-26-2009 07:55 PM


All Answers
Rajesh ShahRajesh Shah
<apex:pageBlockSectionItem >
   <apex:outputLabel value="Status" for="Status"/>
   <apex:outputPanel styleClass="requiredInput" layout="block">  
      <apex:outputPanel styleClass="requiredBlock" layout="block"/>
      <apex:selectList id="chooseStatus" value="{!Contact_Exemption_ACU__c.Status__c}" size="1" required="true" >
          <apex:selectOption itemValue="Approved" itemLabel="Approved"/>
          <apex:selectOption itemValue="Closed" itemLabel="Closed"/>                      
      </apex:selectList>
   </apex:outputPanel>              
</apex:pageBlockSectionItem>                 
 Hey, above is the code to get the red mark for an reqd attribute. Although I have used an standard field, any field can be used in the value in Select List. Also, if you need to display the error message later,following is the code. 
<apex:outputPanel styleClass="requiredInput" layout="block">
    <apex:inputField id="ACU_held_in_Customer" value="{!Contact_Exemption_ACU__c.ACU_held_in_Customer__c}"/> 
    <apex:outputPanel styleClass="errorMsg" layout="block" rendered="{!errorACUheldInCustomer}">
       <strong>Error:</strong> {!errorMessage}
    </apex:outputPanel>
 </apex:outputPanel>
 After doing the validation in the Controller, set the errorACUheldInCustomer to true and set the errorMessage. 
Hope this helps. 
  
 
 
Message Edited by Rajesh Shah on  02-26-2009 07:55 PM
This was selected as the best answer
HeenaHeena
Thanks a lot Rajesh :smileyhappy


Cool_DevloperCool_Devloper
Hello Friends,

I am working in a similar scenario where i am using "InputField" field type. I am also giving attribute required="true", but somehow i am unable to get the RED Mark still next to the field.

The code is given below:

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Can anyone please let me know why is this so? Am i missing something or is there some bug??

Any help will be really great!!

Many Thanks,
Cool_D