# \#legacy-markup

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## [The future of the Gravity Forms 2.5 theme](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/the-future-of-the-gravity-forms-2-5-theme/19594)

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**Author:** [@user5c5ace8f969021.9](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5c5ace8f969021.9)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/the-future-of-the-gravity-forms-2-5-theme/19594 "2025-07-17T10:28:02Z")

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Legacy markup is going to go away in GF 3.1. So I have started the process of disabling it on my client’s sites. As most of the sites I manage are custom builds, in which the forms are styled using CSS only, it seems ea…

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## [Preparing Your Sites for Gravity Forms Legacy Markup EOL](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/preparing-your-sites-for-gravity-forms-legacy-markup-eol/19488)

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**Author:** [@uamv](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/uamv)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/preparing-your-sites-for-gravity-forms-legacy-markup-eol/19488 "2025-06-13T15:19:28Z")

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The Announcement Gravity Forms has announced a significant change coming with version 4.0: the complete removal of legacy markup support. This marks the end of an era that began in 2009 when the original markup structure…

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## [Legacy markup could not be deactivated recently](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/legacy-markup-could-not-be-deactivated-recently/18854)

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**Author:** [@summerfeeling](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/summerfeeling)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/legacy-markup-could-not-be-deactivated-recently/18854 "2025-02-06T09:22:27Z")

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Hi Community, I cannot deactivate the legacy markup in the form settings. Does anyone else have this problem? I have deactivated all plugins according to the exclusion principle (except for Gravity Forms), updated the p…

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## [How to deactivate Legacy-Markup?](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/how-to-deactivate-legacy-markup/18646)

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**Author:** [@Rita\_Gudermann](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/Rita_Gudermann)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/how-to-deactivate-legacy-markup/18646 "2024-12-18T09:40:13Z")

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Hi everybody, I have a price-calculator on my woocommerce site that configures a price according to customer’s entries, At the moment the price configurater calculates correctly but does not show the price it calculated.…

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## [Spinner styling not working in 2.9.0](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/spinner-styling-not-working-in-2-9-0/18548)

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**Author:** [@kevinlisota](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/kevinlisota)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/spinner-styling-not-working-in-2-9-0/18548 "2024-11-26T15:20:03Z")

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We had custom styling on our AJAX spinner using the following CSS class: gform\_ajax\_spinner. That class is no longer used in 2.9.0, and our styling is broken. I don’t know why that long-standing class was removed. What…

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## [Survey Form Star - Not being displayed anymore \[RESOLVED\]](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/survey-form-star-not-being-displayed-anymore-resolved/18521)

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**Author:** [@frg004](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/frg004)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/survey-form-star-not-being-displayed-anymore-resolved/18521 "2024-11-22T11:12:12Z")

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Hi there, I’ve been using Gravity Forms Survey Add-On for 2 years now. Suddenly, the stars don’t appear anymore, only number form 1-5 are being displayed. Notes, surch as excellent, or bard are appearing white on whit…

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## [Required fields bypassed and forms submitted with missing data](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/required-fields-bypassed-and-forms-submitted-with-missing-data/14826)

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**Author:** [@user611cce97463e0094](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user611cce97463e0094)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/required-fields-bypassed-and-forms-submitted-with-missing-data/14826 "2023-04-18T11:49:31Z")

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hi there, my form as recently started to allow users to complete/send without filling in the required fields. I can’t work out why this has started happening but I believe it’s only since the recent plugin update but ca…

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## [How to improve legacy markup datepicker](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/how-to-improve-legacy-markup-datepicker/14311)

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**Author:** [@user5ea97e6b9a949129](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5ea97e6b9a949129)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/how-to-improve-legacy-markup-datepicker/14311 "2023-01-30T05:04:42Z")

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Hi, it seems that if you have legacy Markup enabled then you only get the old, ugly, grey datepicker instead of the nice new, rounded one. I assume the CSS for the new-style picker is in there somewhere. How can I app…

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## [Survey Form Star Size increase CSS \[RESOLVED\]](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/survey-form-star-size-increase-css-resolved/12161)

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**Author:** [@login](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/login)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/survey-form-star-size-increase-css-resolved/12161 "2023-01-06T01:36:01Z")

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Hi i have developed Survey form with survey form addon with gravity form, but the size of rating star is too small , i need CSS to increase size and spacing between each star. please help me out .

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## [Ajax error occurs while adding field \[RESOLVED\]](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/ajax-error-occurs-while-adding-field-resolved/13754)

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**Author:** [@jazzaar](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/jazzaar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/ajax-error-occurs-while-adding-field-resolved/13754 "2022-11-09T01:31:31Z")

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Hi Community, I’m not able to add any additional fields to my existing form. I get the “Ajax error…” notice when attempting to do so. I also see a notification that says, “This form has legacy markup enabled, which may…

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## [Update delete image](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/update-delete-image/13426)

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**Author:** [@lbeetles](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/lbeetles)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/update-delete-image/13426 "2022-09-13T02:39:53Z")

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On the multi upload field how can i overwrite the red x in a circle. Image attached.

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## [Improving (replacing) the Gravity forms Date Picker](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/improving-replacing-the-gravity-forms-date-picker/11556)

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**Author:** [@damian](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/damian)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/improving-replacing-the-gravity-forms-date-picker/11556 "2022-01-13T16:21:52Z")

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Hi everyone, I used to have a nice replacement of the default Gravity Forms date picker. Here it ‘was’ … https://codecanyon.net/…/gravity-forms-date…/19674593 Unfortunately, it stopped working, is no longer available,…

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## [Date Field cutting off](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/date-field-cutting-off/11249)

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**Author:** [@tsunamitsolutionscen](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/tsunamitsolutionscen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/date-field-cutting-off/11249 "2021-11-24T17:54:49Z")

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Hello, The Date inputs on our Registration form is cutting off a few of the numbers. They will still contain the values entered however not all numbers are displayed.

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## [Have new form format work in legacy form \[RESOLVED\]](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/have-new-form-format-work-in-legacy-form-resolved/10524)

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**Author:** [@OnlyMi](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/OnlyMi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/have-new-form-format-work-in-legacy-form-resolved/10524 "2021-08-10T02:53:10Z")

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Is there a way to have a legacy form use columns of the new format? I don’t want to have to start over with a long intake form and would like to clean it up with the new format options. Any advice or thoughts would be ap…

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## [Styling of date picker \[RESOLVED\]](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/styling-of-date-picker-resolved/10325)

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**Author:** [@toll02](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/toll02)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/styling-of-date-picker-resolved/10325 "2021-07-19T19:57:47Z")

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How do I get my date picker to display as in ‘gravity 1’ image rather than ‘gravity 2’ on this page (my dates are on the second page of the form): I thought it was caused by a plugin or CSS styling but I have tried dis…

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## [CSS for Background Color: Field Label Not Included](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/css-for-background-color-field-label-not-included/10029)

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**Author:** [@user5d34fe1900789911](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5d34fe1900789911)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/css-for-background-color-field-label-not-included/10029 "2021-06-28T21:53:10Z")

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Here’s my test form. I created this CSS snippet; any thoughts on why the Field Label is sometimes not included within the padding? I’m using the Form Items example; wondering if I need to target each field type? body #…

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## [Column Control not working on existing forms](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/column-control-not-working-on-existing-forms/9276)

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**Author:** [@user5e5ff5653b5ee690](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5e5ff5653b5ee690)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/column-control-not-working-on-existing-forms/9276 "2021-05-19T23:08:34Z")

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Did the new 2.5 update and I’m not able to Drag and Drop column controls on any EXISTING forms. It is allowing rows but NOT columns. BUT, the new feature does works on any NEW forms I create. Is this option not back comp…
