Assume the Position—A Labeling Story - TPGi
@lloydi@mastodon.social about label positions.
Doing what’s required: Indicating mandatory fields in an accessible way - TPGi
Excellent piece by @davidofyork@mastodon.online – only I would say that an asterisk without an explicit instruction does not meet Labels and Instructions for me.
It is important to make users aware of required fields upfront. This should prevent them from making submission errors and having to backtrack through a form to fix such errors. But what is the best and most accessible way to indicate required fields? This article aims to explain exactly what’s required.
This is a well-established and widely understood convention but it’s still good practice to include a note at the beginning of the form to explain that asterisks denote required fields.
I don’t consider a form that uses asterisks but has no explanation of what they do sufficient to meet Labels and Instructions.