How to Remove the Asterisk on Required Questions Tutorial

When you choose to require a question in SurveyGizmo, this automatically places an asterisk image next to the question. This identifies to the survey taker that the question must be answered to proceed through the survey. This is meant as a visual queue for the survey taker that this question is required.

However, in some cases you may prefer to hide the asterisk but still have the question be required by SurveyGizmo. Have no fear, it's just a small change in the Project tab-->Distribute-->Default Theme-->Advanced portion of your survey.

Be advised that it is important to identify a required question to the survey taker. We use an image of an asterisk instead of simply the symbol because it provides better accessibility for survey takers that are blind and are using a screen reader such as Jaws. The 'alt' text for the image is read out loud as 'Required Question' instead of 'asterisk' by the screen reader.

Making changes to Project > Distribute > Default Theme 

• Select the Advanced... tab on the left
• Choose the Append radio button to display the CSS box
• You will want to add the following code:

  .sg-required-icon {
  display: none;
  }

• Click Save Changes

You can also change the image used rather than removing it: Change Required Asterisk tutorial.

**Please note**: Sometimes if you're using a custom theme that you've built, the custom CSS can overwrite this feature.

If you find this code does not work for you, please try the following (Project-->Distribute-->Default Theme-- >Advanced-->Append):

 .sg-body .sg-required-icon {display:none;}

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