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This saved me, thanks. In case anyone else is struggling..... "To allow a user to edit a page, the "page-publish" had to also be checked." So now users can publish/unpublish pages........ If you don't want that, use template > advanced > don't allow unpublished pages

Er... on reflection I can get what I want by not using the 'custom fields for files/images' feature. I've added a normal field 'alt_text'. I can make this both visible and required. Then include it in the template. Thanks for the chance to think this through!

Thank you for writing, but your suggestion on point 1. doesn't touch the point I raised - 1. It's pointless to emphasise a field that is not visible. How can I make the custom alt text field visible? 2. OK, I'll take that approach.

New to PW and finding it great to work with 🙂 I have followed Ryan's How to setup and use custom fields in file/image fields and added a custom alt text field for an image. I am able to add alt text when I click on the uploaded image to edit it. This reveals the custom alt text field which I have set to required. I've got 2 questions. 1. A user, when creating a new page, does not see the alt text field, so would not know to fill it. When they save the page they get 'missing required value' but still no sign of the field they are required to fill. We know that the alt field will be revealed by clicking on the image. The user will not know this. The alt field did not display at any stage of the upload process. 2. After clicking on the image to edit it, I would like to hide the Actions dropdown, including the Crop and Variations. I couldn't find how to do that. I'm probly misunderstanding something...... Thank you