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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-56367

Display description for custom user profile fields

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    • Icon: Improvement Improvement
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Icon: Minor Minor
    • Future Dev
    • 3.1, 3.2, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8.7, 3.9.4, 3.10.1
    • User management
    • None
    • MOODLE_310_STABLE, MOODLE_31_STABLE, MOODLE_32_STABLE, MOODLE_36_STABLE, MOODLE_37_STABLE, MOODLE_38_STABLE, MOODLE_39_STABLE
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      On a site without the patch applied

      1. Ensure self registration is on
      2. Add or edit a custom profile field
      3. Write a description
      4. Set "Display on signup page" to "Yes"
      5. Save the profile field
      6. Logout
      7. Go to the signup form and verify you cannot see the description
      8. Apply the patch, bump version and upgrade
      9. Go to the signup form again and verify you still cannot see the description
      10. Log back in as admin
      11. Edit the profile field and set "Display description when editing user profile" to "Yes"
      12. Log out
      13. Go to the signup form and verify you can now see the description

      On a site initialised with the patch applied

      1. Ensure self registration is on
      2. Add or edit a custom profile field
      3. Verify that "Display description when editing user profile" has defaulted to "Yes"
      4. Set "Display on signup page" to "Yes"
      5. Write a description
      6. Save the profile field
      7. Logout
      8. Go to the signup form and verify you *can*see the description
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      On a site without the patch applied Ensure self registration is on Add or edit a custom profile field Write a description Set "Display on signup page" to "Yes" Save the profile field Logout Go to the signup form and verify you cannot see the description Apply the patch, bump version and upgrade Go to the signup form again and verify you still cannot see the description Log back in as admin Edit the profile field and set "Display description when editing user profile" to "Yes" Log out Go to the signup form and verify you can now see the description On a site initialised with the patch applied Ensure self registration is on Add or edit a custom profile field Verify that "Display description when editing user profile" has defaulted to "Yes" Set "Display on signup page" to "Yes" Write a description Save the profile field Logout Go to the signup form and verify you *can*see the description

      This is in connection to MDL-26343

      I have created a patch that adds a setting to the adding and editing of profile fields. You can tick a box to enable the showing of the profile field description on the signup page. This way you are able to use the description field as a help text on the sign up page.

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