Portal UI issue: some 'required' fields of an ICF have the red bar greyed-out unless clicked

[Berto2002]

We've just noticed this portal UI issue which seems to be present across most of our ICFs:

In the example below, the field "In a few words..." is our h_summary. It's required but for some reason the red bar that indicates the required status is greyed-out; until you click the field.

This is causing our users to only enter data in the "Please provide full..." (h_description) field but then they fail validation when pressing NEXT; because they get reminded to enter the summary.

Can this be fixed please? All required fields should have the red flag and star consistently.

The same issue is present in other ICFs but it's not always the first field. This is our New Starter form where the issue appears in the mid section but not at the top or bottom:

[Sam P]

I also noticed this the other day, drop-down boxes seem to behave differently (in terms of the redness) from other field types.