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Inline validation in forms — designing the experience — WDstack. Designing the default UX At the end of this research, my conclusion is the following: Nobody knows what they’re doing, humanity is doomed and our only hope is the colonization of Mars. Ok, it’s not that bad. But, we still have some serious problems: There is no consensus on the default validation handlingDifferences between the sites are huge, we can’t expect users to be familiar with any of the presented approachesA lot of solutions are bug ridden, which is a good indicator of how hard it is to implement a good inline validation Let’s recap the questions stated before the research: When should the field be marked as dirty?

If we can find the right answers to these questions, we can assure that the validation UX will be at least good. When should the field be marked as dirty? In the research, you could see both approaches: mark field as dirty as soon as the user focuses the fieldmark field as dirty after the user entered some data in it When should the errors be shown? The implementation. Why Infield Top Aligned Form Labels are Quickest to Scan. By anthony on 04/28/15 at 4:42 pm How easy is it for users to scan your form? If your form is hard to scan, it could take longer than expected for users to complete it. This leads to form abandonment and loss of potential sign ups.

The way to avoid this is to make your fields quick to scan when users first see them and after they fill them out. Scanning Pre-fill and Post-fill When users first see a form, they scan it to size up the amount of time and effort it’ll take to fill it out. After filling out a form, users will scan it again to check if their input is correct. To prevent form abandonment, you have to make your fields quick to scan pre-fill and post-fill.

Problem with Most Forms Today Most designers today align their form field labels in a way that takes time and effort to scan. The two most common ways are: Top aligned labelsInfield labels While both are quicker to scan than left aligned labels, users still experience scanning issues. Top Aligned Labels Many Visual Fixations anthony. Text Input Effects. Bad Forms | Examples of Good and Bad Web Form Design and Best Practices. That Web Guy - 15 steps towards better form usability. Written January 2, 2012. 21 comments. In our never-ending battle to make our web sites as usable as possible, bringing a good user experience to a web form remains among the holy grails of usability. It shouldn’t be that difficult to achieve, but we keep seeing web sites that present forms in a exceedingly complex or outright unusable state.

So in this article I’ll attempt to offer some best practices by demonstrating poor vs good examples of form design. For starters, here’s a list of 15 things to keep in mind for good form design. Use top aligned labels There’s a good reason for this, and you don’t need to perform your own eye tracking study to understand it. In the example above demonstrating top aligned labels, there are four visual fixations and only one visual direction (down). Never place labels inside the fields You see my cursor in the second field below? Clearly indicate mandatory fields If a field is required, then come right out and say it. Reduce the number of mandatory fields. Apple's New Checkout Form Design.

Why Users Fill Out Forms Faster with Unified Text Fields. By anthony on 07/28/11 at 7:24 pm Nothing turns users off more than a long and complicated form. There are many ways designers can simplify their forms to make them faster and easier to fill out. Using top aligned labels on your form fields is one way. Replacing your text field CAPTCHA with a lighter one is another. But an innovative way to make your forms faster and easier to fill out is to use unified text fields to gather the information that normally takes multiple fields to gather. This is because users don’t have to tab as much. What’s more is that unified text fields mean less dropdown boxes for the user. When you use unified text fields with top aligned labels, the user’s visual fixations are less and move in a single, vertical direction.

Another benefit to unified text fields is getting the user’s information in a format that you want without sacrificing ease of use or speed. At the same, unified text fields can suggest to users the ideal format to use.