Details
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Type:
Bug
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Status:
Closed
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Fixed
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Affects Version/s: 1.5.3
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Fix Version/s: 1.9.12, 2.0.3, STABLE Sprint 7
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Component/s: Administration
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Labels:
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Environment:All
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Database:MySQL
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Affected Branches:MOODLE_15_STABLE
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Fixed Branches:MOODLE_19_STABLE, MOODLE_20_STABLE
Description
A constant annoyance in moodle is the fact that a students cannot make minor changes in the profile (like a change to the email address) without being forced to write something in the Description field. In other words, moodle won't let a student save the profile unless the student has filled in something in the Description box.
It doesn't make any sense to force users to have to fill in a description as long as they can circumvent it by entering a dummy character, like a hyphen. As an administrator,it is annoying to have to keep explaining to users that the reason they can't save the profile is that they didn't enter a description.
Please allow users to save the profile without having to enter a description of themselves in the profile.
Issue Links
| This issue will help resolve: | ||||
| MDL-14699 | First time a new user visits Edit Profile, it requires Description as a required field |
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| This issue will be resolved by: | ||||
| PULL-427 | Removing 'required' rule for user's profile description |
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| PULL-428 | Removing 'required' rule for user's profile description in 2.0 |
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| This issue is duplicated by: | ||||
| MDL-14699 | First time a new user visits Edit Profile, it requires Description as a required field |
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| This issue has a non-specific relationship to: | ||||
| MDL-5483 | user profile additions |
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temp workaround that worked for me:
in this file:
http://host/moodlepath/user/edit.php
find this line:
$mform->addRule('description', $strrequired, 'required', null, 'client');
and comment it out like this:
//$mform->addRule('description', $strrequired, 'required', null, 'client');