When filling in a form—be it signing up for a newsletter or applying for a credit card—you must provide a minimum amount of information for the form to function. A newsletter sign-up form may only need your email address, whereas a credit card application will typically require much more information. Input fields that collect this essential information are known as mandatory or required fields: information you need to provide for the form to function.
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.
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