how to remove span from pageBlockSection

Question

i have one pageblocksection.

i want to remove Required information displaying on right hand side. Thanks.

<apex:pageBlockSection columns="2" title="Personal Data">
   <apex:pageBlockSection columns="1">
    <apex:repeat value="{!Info}" var="application">
      <apex:repeat value="{!Fields}" var="app">
    <apex:inputField  value="{!application[app.fieldPath]}" required="      {!OR(app.required, app.dbrequired)}"/>
  </apex:repeat>
 </apex:repeat>
</apex:pageBlockSection>
</apex:pageBlockSection>

Answer 1

You can do what @techtrekker was getting at by putting an id on the pageBlockSection and then changing the jQuery selector to use that in conjunction with the requiredLegend class (see below). However, anytime you rely on behind the scenes CSS you risk that SF will change it at some point making your page break. You might want to push back on the requirement a little with an explanation that the required information text is standard functionality.

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
   var $j = jQuery.noConflict();
   $j(document).ready(function() {
       // note that there is a space before the .requiredLegend
       $j('[id$="myBlock"] .requiredLegend').hide();
   });
</script>

<apex:pageBlockSection columns="2" title="Personal Data" id="myBlock">

Answer 2

If you're referring to the the text that appears on a standard page layout, from View Source, it is a span with class=requiredText

You can hide it using jQuery

jQuery.noConflict();
jQuery('.requiredText').hide();

This would hide all elements where the class was requiredText

Answer 3

This is actually a much easier without any javascript code if you just change the mode parameter of apex:pageBlock from edit to detail, and then sets collapsible="false" for the pageBlockSection:

<apex:pageBlock mode="detail" tabStyle="account">
    <apex:pageBlockSection columns="2" title="Personal Data" collapsible="false">

With mode="edit" :

And with mode="detail" :