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## What's new

- **"Fields marked * are required."** An application, registration or milestone form with a
  mandatory question says so at the top, before its first field.
- **Required, from the field itself.** Text, date, amount and drop-down answers that are mandatory
  now tell a screen reader they are required when it reaches them, as well as through the `*`
  beside the question.
- **Pop-ups take focus where you work.** A confirmation whose body is only words now puts focus on
  its first button rather than on its close button.