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'<span class="ninja-forms-req-symbol">*</span>' : '' }}} {{{ data.maybeRenderHelp() }}} </span> <# } else { #> <label for="nf-field-{{{ data.id }}}" id="nf-label-field-{{{ data.id }}}" class="{{{ data.renderLabelClasses() }}}"> {{{ ( data.maybeFilterHTML() === 'true' ) ? _.escape( data.label ) : data.label }}} {{{ ( 'undefined' != typeof data.required && 1 == data.required ) ? '<span class="ninja-forms-req-symbol">*</span>' : '' }}} {{{ data.maybeRenderHelp() }}} </label> <# } #> </div> </script><script id="tmpl-nf-field-error" type="text/template"> <div class="nf-error-msg nf-error-{{{ data.id }}}" aria-live="assertive">{{{ data.msg }}}</div> </script><script id="tmpl-nf-form-error" type="text/template"> <div class="nf-error-msg nf-error-{{{ data.id }}}">{{{ data.msg }}}</div> </script><script id="tmpl-nf-field-input-limit" type="text/template"> {{{ data.currentCount() }}} {{{ nfi18n.of }}} {{{ data.input_limit }}} {{{ data.input_limit_msg }}} </script><script id="tmpl-nf-field-null" type="text/template"> </script><script id="tmpl-nf-field-html" type="text/template"> {{{ data.value }}} </script> <script id='tmpl-nf-field-input' type='text/template'> <input id="nf-field-{{{ data.id }}}" name="nf-field-{{{ data.id }}}" aria-invalid="false" aria-describedby="nf-error-{{{ data.id }}} nf-description-{{{ data.id }}}" class="{{{ data.renderClasses() }}} nf-element" type="text" value="{{{ _.escape( data.value ) }}}" {{{ data.renderPlaceholder() }}} {{{ data.maybeDisabled() }}} aria-labelledby="nf-label-field-{{{ data.id }}}" {{{ data.maybeRequired() }}} > </script> <script id="tmpl-nf-field-textbox" type="text/template"> <input type="text" value="{{{ _.escape( data.value ) }}}" class="{{{ data.renderClasses() }}} nf-element" {{{ data.renderPlaceholder() }}} {{{ data.maybeDisabled() }}} {{{ data.maybeInputLimit() }}} id="nf-field-{{{ data.id }}}" name="{{ data.custom_name_attribute || 'nf-field-' + data.id + '-' + data.type }}" {{{ data.maybeDisableAutocomplete() }}} aria-invalid="false" aria-describedby="nf-error-{{{ data.id }}} nf-description-{{{ data.id }}}" aria-labelledby="nf-label-field-{{{ data.id }}}" {{{ data.maybeRequired() }}} > </script> <script id="tmpl-nf-field-email" type="text/template"> <input type="email" value="{{{ _.escape( data.value ) }}}" class="{{{ data.renderClasses() }}} nf-element" id="nf-field-{{{ data.id }}}" name="{{ data.custom_name_attribute || 'nf-field-' + data.id + '-' + data.type }}" {{{data.maybeDisableAutocomplete()}}} {{{ data.renderPlaceholder() }}} {{{ data.maybeDisabled() }}} aria-invalid="false" aria-describedby="nf-error-{{{ data.id }}} nf-description-{{{ data.id }}}" aria-labelledby="nf-label-field-{{{ data.id }}}" {{{ data.maybeRequired() }}} > </script> <script id="tmpl-nf-field-submit" type="text/template"> <# let myType = data.type if('save'== data.type){ myType = 'button' } #> <input id="nf-field-{{{ data.id }}}" class="{{{ data.renderClasses() }}} nf-element " type="{{{myType}}}" value="{{{ ( data.maybeFilterHTML() === 'true' ) ? _.escape( data.label ) : data.label }}}" {{{ ( data.disabled ) ? 'aria-disabled="true" disabled="true"' : '' }}}> </script><script id='tmpl-nf-field-button' type='text/template'> <button id="nf-field-{{{ data.id }}}" name="nf-field-{{{ data.id }}}" class="{{{ data.classes }}} nf-element"> {{{ ( data.maybeFilterHTML() === 'true' ) ? _.escape( data.label ) : data.label }}} </button> </script> </body> </html>