MAGETWO-93979: Required Field Indicators (Asterisks) Are Gone From Magento UI

Author: Joan He

app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/templates/form/field.html

@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
      visible="visible"
      css="$data.additionalClasses"
      attr="'data-index': index">
-    <span class="admin__field-label" if="$data.label" visible="$data.labelVisible">
-        <label translate="label" attr="'data-config-scope': $data.scopeLabel, for: uid" />
-    </span>
+    <div class="admin__field-label">
+        <label if="$data.label" visible="$data.labelVisible"  attr="for: uid">
+            <span translate="label" attr="'data-config-scope': $data.scopeLabel" />
+        </label>
+    </div>
     <div class="admin__field-control"
          css="'_with-tooltip': $data.tooltip, '_with-reset': $data.showFallbackReset && $data.isDifferedFromDefault">
         <render args="elementTmpl" ifnot="hasAddons()"/>

app/design/adminhtml/Magento/backend/web/css/source/forms/_fields.less

@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
             overflow: hidden;
         }
 
-        label {
+        span {
             display: inline-block;
             line-height: @field-label__line-height;
             vertical-align: middle;
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 
     .required > &, // ToDo UI: change classes 'required' to '_required'.
     ._required > & {
-        > span {
+        span {
             &:after {
                 color: @validation__color;
                 content: '*';
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
                 position: absolute;
                 top: 0;
 
-                label {
+                span {
                     &:before {
                         display: block;
                     }
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
         }
 
         & > .admin__field-label {
-            label {
+            span {
                 &:before {
                     display: none;
                 }