2
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3answers
162 views

What is the best approach to disallow an empty search?

I want to disallow users from searching without a query string (at least one character). To achieve this, I tried to disable the search submit button when the search box is empty, and restoring the ...
47
votes
13answers
5k views

What is best practice for designing form error messages?

I've seen quite a lot of research on form design, but so far, I haven't come across any studies on error message design best practices. The only piece of advice seems to be that each error should ...
4
votes
3answers
184 views

validation message placement

Is it better to have the validation message next to the label or the control? download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq Mockups Update: To be clear, I'm not referring to ...
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vote
5answers
232 views

A shorter but meaningful validation message for “This email is already subscribed”

What are the shorter, meaningful message for "This email is already subscribed"/ "This email is already register" What is good ? "This email is used" "This email is existed" "This ...
7
votes
5answers
2k views

Disabling submit-button until the user has completed the form

How do you think about disabling the submit-button until the user has completed the form or the required fields? I find similar questions here on ux.se and somebody answered that the user will think ...
2
votes
3answers
105 views

Guiding the user through your page

We have a simple administrative page for managing stores open and close dates. Upon initial rendering, the page is readonly. Checking a box labeled edit in the top right of the page, enables the ...
8
votes
5answers
628 views

What is the best way to display date validation errors?

I am performing date validation on several forms. This validation includes making sure a date does not fall on a weekend, does not fall on a major holiday, is at least 3 business days from the current ...