dynamic required

assets/js/woocommerce.js

@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
 		/* Localisation */
 		var locale_json = woocommerce_params.locale.replace(/"/g, '"');
 		var locale = $.parseJSON( locale_json );
+		var required = ' <abbr class="required" title="' + woocommerce_params.required_text + '">*</abbr>';
 	
 		// Handle locale
 		$('body').bind('country_to_state_changing', function( event, country, wrapper ){
@@ -653,8 +654,23 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
 				var field = thisform.find('#billing_state_field, #shipping_state_field');
 				
 				if ( thislocale['state']['label'] ) {
-					field.find('label').text( thislocale['state']['label'] );
+
+					field.find('label').html( thislocale['state']['label'] );
+					
+				} 
+				
+				field.find('label abbr').remove();
+
+				if ( typeof thislocale['state']['required'] == 'undefined' || thislocale['state']['required'] == true ) {
+					
+					field.find('label').append( required );
+	
 				}
+				
+			} else {
+				
+				if (field.find('label abbr').size()==0) field.find('label').append( required );
+				
 			}
 			
 			var postcodefield = thisform.find('#billing_postcode_field, #shipping_postcode_field');
@@ -662,16 +678,47 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
 				
 			// City Handling
 			if ( thislocale['city'] ) {
+			
 				if ( thislocale['city']['label'] ) {
-					cityfield.find('label').text( thislocale['city']['label'] );
+					
+					cityfield.find('label').html( thislocale['city']['label'] );
+					
+				} 
+				
+				cityfield.find('label abbr').remove();
+				
+				if ( typeof thislocale['city']['required'] == 'undefined' || thislocale['city']['required'] == true ) {
+					
+					cityfield.find('label').append( required );
+	
 				}
+				
+			} else {
+				if (cityfield.find('label abbr').size()==0) cityfield.find('label').append( required );
+				
 			}
 			
 			// Postcode Handling
 			if ( thislocale['postcode'] ) {
+			
 				if ( thislocale['postcode']['label'] ) {
-					postcodefield.find('label').text( thislocale['postcode']['label'] );
+					
+					postcodefield.find('label').html( thislocale['postcode']['label'] );
+					
+				} 
+				
+				postcodefield.find('label abbr').remove();
+
+				if ( typeof thislocale['postcode']['required'] == 'undefined' || thislocale['postcode']['required'] == true ) {
+					
+					postcodefield.find('label').append( required );
+	
 				}
+				
+			} else {
+			
+				if (postcodefield.find('label abbr').size()==0) postcodefield.find('label').append( required );
+				
 			}
 			
 			// Re-order postcode/city

readme.txt

@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ Yes you can! Join in on our [GitHub repository](http://github.com/woothemes/wooc
 * Improved edit my address page when accessed directly
 * Extra hooks in carts/totals
 * Tweaked attributes page/labels
+* Added required * to checkout fields, dynamically for locales
 
 = 1.4.4 - 18/02/2012 = 
 * Fix for remove coupon links after ajax update of shipping

woocommerce-template.php

@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ if (!function_exists('woocommerce_form_field')) {
 		
 		if ((isset($args['clear']) && $args['clear'])) $after = '<div class="clear"></div>'; else $after = '';
 		
-		$required = ( $args['required'] ) ? ' <span class="required">*</span>' : '';
+		$required = ( $args['required'] ) ? ' <abbr class="required" title="' . esc_attr__( 'required', 'woocommerce' ) . '">*</abbr>' : '';
 		
 		switch ($args['type']) :
 			case "country" :
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ if (!function_exists('woocommerce_form_field')) {
 				
 				$field = '<p class="form-row '.implode(' ', $args['class']).'" id="'.$key.'_field">
 					<input type="'.$args['type'].'" class="input-checkbox" name="'.$key.'" id="'.$key.'" value="1" '.checked($value, 1, false).' />
-					<label for="'.$key.'" class="checkbox '.implode(' ', $args['label_class']).'">'.$args['label'].'</label>' . $required . '
+					<label for="'.$key.'" class="checkbox '.implode(' ', $args['label_class']).'">'.$args['label'] . $required . '</label>
 				</p>'.$after;
 				
 			break;

woocommerce.php

@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ class Woocommerce {
 		$woocommerce_params = array(
 			'countries' 					=> $states,
 			'select_state_text' 			=> __('Select an option…', 'woocommerce'),
+			'required_text'					=> esc_attr__( 'required', 'woocommerce' ),
 			'plugin_url' 					=> $this->plugin_url(),
 			'ajax_url' 						=> (!is_ssl()) ? str_replace('https', 'http', admin_url('admin-ajax.php')) : admin_url('admin-ajax.php'),
 			'get_variation_nonce' 			=> wp_create_nonce("get-variation"),