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Re: Optimum position of asterixes on web forms

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From: ben morrison
Date: Oct 9, 2008 9:30AM

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Ideally the <label> element that contains the text label for the form
> control should also contain a means of specifying that the field is
> mandatory. This ensures that screen reader users are aware that the field is
> mandatory.

Any mandatory information *should* always be inside the label, for
design requirements it can be moved using absolute positioning.

<h2>* denotes mandatory field</h2>
<label>Name:<span>*</span></label>

As per the original question, I don't know of any actual testing thats
been done for optimal positioning, but there has been some good
research on label placement

http://uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000107.php

Ben

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Ben Morrison