Multiple request artists still broken, sorry

sections/requests/new_edit.php

 
         <!-- Category -->
         <tr>
-          <td class="label">Type</td>
+          <td class="label">
+            Category
+            <strong class="important_text">*</strong>
+          </td>
           <td>
             <?php if (!empty($Disabled)) { ?>
             <input type="hidden" name="type"
               value="<?= (isset($CatalogueNumber)?$CatalogueNumber:'') ?>"
               <?= $Disabled ?>/>
             <?php if (empty($Disabled)) { ?>
-            <input type="button" autofill="jav" value="Autofill"></input>
+            <input type="button" autofill="jav" value="Autofill" style="pointer-events: none; opacity: 0.5;"></input>
             <?php } ?>
           </td>
         </tr>
 
-        <!-- Three titles -->
+        <!-- Three title fields -->
         <tr>
-          <td class="label">Torrent Title</td>
+          <td class="label">
+            Torrent Title
+            <strong class="important_text">*</strong>
+          </td>
           <td>
             <input type="text" id="title" name="title" size="45"
               value="<?= (!empty($Title) ? $Title : '') ?>"
           </td>
         </tr>
 
+        <!-- 2 -->
         <tr>
           <td class="label">Organism</td>
           <td>
           </td>
         </tr>
 
+        <!-- 3 -->
         <tr>
           <td class="label">Strain/Variety</td>
           <td>
 
         <!-- Multiple artists -->
         <tr id="artist_tr">
-          <td class="label">Author(s)</td>
+          <td class="label">
+            Authors(s)
+            <strong class="important_text">*</strong>
+          </td>
           <td id="artistfields">
+            <p id="vawarning" class="hidden">
+              Please use the multiple artists feature rather than using "Various Artists."
+            </p>
             <?php
-              if (!empty($ArtistForm)) {
-                  $First = true;
-                  foreach ($ArtistForm as $Artist) {
-                      # Cycle autocomplete?>
+    if (!empty($ArtistForm)) {
+        $First = true;
+        foreach ($ArtistForm as $Artist) {
+            ?>
             <input type="text" id="artist_0" name="artists[]" <?php Users::has_autocomplete_enabled('other'); ?>
-            size="45" value="<?= display_str($Artist['name']) ?>" <?= $Disabled ?>/>
-            <?php
-              if (empty($Disabled)) {
-                  if ($First) { ?>
-            <a class="add_artist_button brackets">+</a>
-            <a class="remove_artist_button brackets">&minus;</a>
-            <?php
-                }
-                  $First = false;
-              } ?>
+            size="45" value="<?=display_str($Artist['name']) ?>" <?=$Disabled?>/>
+            <?php if (empty($Disabled)) {
+                if ($First) { ?><a class="add_artist_button brackets">+</a> <a
+              class="remove_artist_button brackets">&minus;</a><?php }
+                $First = false;
+            } ?>
             <br />
             <?php
-                  }
-              } else {
-                  ?>
-            <input type="text" id="artist_0" name="artists[]" <?php Users::has_autocomplete_enabled('other'); ?>
-            size="45" <?= $Disabled ?>/>
+        }
+    } else {
+        ?> <input type="text" id="artist_0" name="artists[]" <?php Users::has_autocomplete_enabled('other'); ?>
+            size="45" <?=$Disabled?>/>
             <?php if (empty($Disabled)) { ?>
             <a class="add_artist_button brackets">+</a> <a class="remove_artist_button brackets">&minus;</a>
+            <?php } ?>
             <?php
-                }
-              }
-            ?>
+    }
+?>
           </td>
         </tr>
 
 
         <!-- Tags -->
         <tr>
-          <td class="label">Tags</td>
+          <td class="label">
+            Tags
+            <strong class="important_text">*</strong>
+          </td>
           <td>
             <?php
               $GenreTags = $Cache->get_value('genre_tags');
 
         <!-- Description -->
         <tr>
-          <td class="label">Description</td>
+          <td class="label">
+            Request Description
+            <strong class="important_text">*</strong>
+          </td>
           <td>
             <?php new TEXTAREA_PREVIEW('description', 'req_desc', $Request['Description']??''); ?>
           </td>

static/functions/requests.js

   }
 }
 
+var ArtistCount = 1;
+
 function AddArtistField() {
-  var ArtistCount = document.getElementsByName("artists[]").length;
+  window.getSelection().removeAllRanges()
+  ArtistCount = $('input[name="artists[]"]').length;
+
   if (ArtistCount >= 200) {
     return;
   }
   var ArtistField = document.createElement("input");
   ArtistField.type = "text";
-  ArtistField.id = "artist_" + ArtistCount;
+  ArtistField.id = "artists_" + ArtistCount;
   ArtistField.name = "artists[]";
   ArtistField.size = 45;
 
   var x = $('#artistfields').raw();
   x.appendChild(document.createElement("br"));
   x.appendChild(ArtistField);
+  x.appendChild(document.createTextNode('\n'));
 
-  if ($("#artist_0").data("gazelle-autocomplete")) {
+  if ($("#artists_0").data("gazelle-autocomplete")) {
     $(ArtistField).on('focus', function () {
       $(ArtistField).autocomplete({
         deferRequestBy: 300,
 }
 
 function RemoveArtistField() {
-  var ArtistCount = document.getElementsByName("artists[]").length;
+  window.getSelection().removeAllRanges()
+  ArtistCount = $('input[name="artists[]"]').length;
   if (ArtistCount == 1) {
     return;
   }
   var x = $('#artistfields').raw();
-
-  while (x.lastChild.tagName != "INPUT") {
+  for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
     x.removeChild(x.lastChild);
   }
-  x.removeChild(x.lastChild);
-  x.removeChild(x.lastChild); //Remove trailing new line.
   ArtistCount--;
 }
 
 function Categories() {
+  /*
   var cat = $('#categories').raw() ? $('#categories').raw().options[$('#categories').raw().selectedIndex].value : '';
   if (cat == "Movies") {
     $('#artist_tr').gshow();
     $('#cataloguenumber_tr').ghide();
     $('#dlsiteid_tr').ghide();
   }
+  */
 }
 
 function add_tag() {