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I don’t find the oft-used ‘*’ to be very nice looking – can anyone suggest a nicer-looking method or point me to an example?
I tried making the field highlighted in red as one person suggested but I did not like the look.
Bold labels might do the trick.
But I really like the idea of ‘Required’ being shown in grey in the field until text is added. Does anyone have code for this?
Generally speaking, the best web forms are the simplest ones that require me to think the least. The ‘standard’ that has evolved is that required fields have an asterisk (*) next to them. Sometimes the asterisk is red to help it stand out a bit.
Why fight the standard? Don’t make your users think too much. Go with the standard and keep your creativity for more important things.