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Q&A Dye all label asterisks Red with vanilla JavaScript

While there might be some JavaScript "magic-like" solution I don't know of, my own solution was making the HTML a tiny bit more complex and adjusting the CSS to the change. I have inserted my labe...

posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 3y ago by deleted user

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#2: Post edited by (deleted user) · 2021-03-21T20:06:20Z (over 3 years ago)
  • While there might be some JavaScript "magic-like" solution I don't know of, my own solution was making the HTML a tiny bit more complex and adjusting the CSS to the change.
  • I have inserted my label tags into span tags and also created respective-successive span tags which contain only an asterisk and which are dyed separately, and wrapped any such structure in a div:
  • ## HTML
  • ```html
  • <div><span><label for="name" id="cf_label_name">Name</label></span><span class="required">*</span></div>
  • <input type="text" name="name" id="cf_input_name" required></input>
  • <div><span><label for="email" id="cf_label_email">Email address</label></span><span class="required">*</span></div>
  • <input type="email" name="email" required id="cf_input_email"></input>
  • ```
  • ## CSS
  • ```css
  • label:after {
  • content:":";
  • }
  • .required {
  • color: red;
  • }
  • ```
  • While there might be some JavaScript "magic-like" solution I don't know of, my own solution was making the HTML a tiny bit more complex and adjusting the CSS to the change.
  • I have inserted my label tags into span tags and also created respective-successive span tags which contain only an asterisk and which are dyed separately, and wrapped any such structure in a div:
  • ## HTML
  • ```html
  • <div><span><label for="name" id="cf_label_name">Name</label></span><span class="required">*</span></div>
  • <input type="text" name="name" id="cf_input_name" required></input>
  • <div><span><label for="email" id="cf_label_email">Email address</label></span><span class="required">*</span></div>
  • <input type="email" name="email" id="cf_input_email" required></input>
  • ```
  • ## CSS
  • ```css
  • label:after {
  • content:":";
  • }
  • .required {
  • color: red;
  • }
  • ```
#1: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2021-03-21T08:53:38Z (over 3 years ago)
While there might be some JavaScript "magic-like" solution I don't know of, my own solution was making the HTML a tiny bit more complex and adjusting the CSS to the change.

I have inserted my label tags into span tags and also created respective-successive span tags which contain only an asterisk and which are dyed separately, and wrapped any such structure in a div:

## HTML

```html
<div><span><label for="name" id="cf_label_name">Name</label></span><span class="required">*</span></div>
<input type="text" name="name" id="cf_input_name" required></input>

<div><span><label for="email" id="cf_label_email">Email address</label></span><span class="required">*</span></div>
<input type="email" name="email" required id="cf_input_email"></input>
```

## CSS

```css
label:after {
  content:":";
}
.required {
  color: red;
}
```