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Re: Optimum position of asterixes on web forms

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From: Andy Mabbett
Date: Oct 9, 2008 2:00PM

In message
< <EMAIL REMOVED> >, ben
morrison < <EMAIL REMOVED> > writes

> 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>

Wouldn't that be better as:

<h2>* denotes mandatory field</h2>
<label>Name:<abbr title="mandatory">*</abbr></label>

or perhaps:

<h2><abbr title="required">*</abbr> denotes mandatory field</h2>
<label>Name:<abbr>*</abbr></label>

?

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Andy Mabbett