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Just a general question here, I have an iPhone app that has 3 textfields on a view. What is best practice for displaying ‘form elements’ and ‘labels’?
Coming from a web background I have automatically used labels (above the textfields) & textfields on my UI, but should i get rid of my labels and use the placeholder property of the textfields instead?
the app target audience will be varied demographics and i envisage a lot of newbie iphone users using the app.
thanks
kb
You are correct, placeholder text is the way to go. For an example, go to the Calendar app, tap on the + button at the top-right, & select ‘Title Location’. You will see something similar to what you are trying.