Marking Required Form Fields
Cindy Lu wrote a nice summary for CHI-WEB on marking required form fields. I mention this mostly because I visit many blogs who don’t mark which comment fields are required. Usually name and comment fields are required, but who would ever know for sure if they’re not marked?
SUMMARY OF THE REPONSES:
- Color should not be used as the only cue to communicate functionalities with users. In fact, yellow may be annoying to the user or cannot be displayed well on the screen. There other accessibility issues as well.
- Use asterisk, bolded text, image with Alt tag, or note “required” to inform the user the user field is required.
I’ve chosen to use a red asterisk to mark my required comment field. What are you using to mark your required fields?
- 9 Jan 03
- accessibility, cindy lu, form, interaction design, usability, web design
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