Problem/Motivation

Partially filled compound fields are not validated by Require on Publish (ROP).

When partially filled, the subfields are not considered during ROP validation unless they pass their individual require validation.

Keep in mind that these contrib-module compound fields have their own required/optional setting for the subfields. Those can be set as either optional or required.

Example with Address

Address field takes it a step further by issuing the required="required" attribute, which kicks in the client-side form validation.

A screenshot of the required subfield when required is marked via the dom.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install Address.
  2. On the Basic Page content type, create a field of type Address.
  3. Leave the default require settings (Overrides for Address).
  4. Ensure Require on Publish is selected on each field.
  5. Create a Basic Page node; fill out only one of the required subfields, leaving the others empty.
  6. Attempt to submit Draft. Fails require validation.
  7. Attempt to submit Published. Fails require validation.

Proposed resolution

When a field is marked Required on Publish, we must Ensure that the required="required" attribute is removed from subfields, and either...

  1. Provide module-specific field settings to mark subfields as required on publish.
  2. Consider any required subfields to be required on publish.

The latter is the simpler of the two, but still may require module-specific handling because modules have different methods of creating and marking subfields as required.

Remaining tasks

Add support for compound fields.

User interface changes

Add indicators (blue carat) to subfields.

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Comments

PhilY created an issue. See original summary.

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Version: 8.x-1.6 » 8.x-1.x-dev
Issue summary: View changes

Updated the issue summary based on understanding captured in #3454164: Add support for Name fields.

Original report

Problem/Motivation

Address field is actually detected by 'Require on publish' module ('Warning on Empty' message is well displayed) but no indicator is added to the field label.

Might be useful for all other fields that output their widget #type as 'details'.

Remaining tasks

Add the missing 'form-required-on-publish' class to the <summary> tag.

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Version: 8.x-1.x-dev » 2.1.x-dev
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Category: Task » Feature request
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This may prove more complex than originally thought. See #3126210-3: Address with default country code always validates as required.

I can remove the HTML5 required attribute via any number of hooks, but backend validation still applies and the fields are required on submit (published or not).

I'm glad we separated this from #3454164: Add support for Name fields. In the meantime, as a not-so-great workaround, those wishing to apply Require on Publish to an Address field may leave off a default value and assume the user's intent to fill out the full address when they provide a country.

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Status: Active » Fixed
Issue tags: -require_on_publish-2.2.0 +require_on_publish-2.1.0

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  • jcandan committed db1e20f1 on 2.1.x
    feat: #3294769 Add support for Address field