Effective form label placement
Submitted by jeff on Wed, 2006-11-01 02:06.
While browsing the Raible Designs blog, I came across this interesting article regarding input label placement, at UXMatters.com. Both of these sites are new to me but they have some useful things to say about HCI and interaction design.
The results of the article:
- Form label above input field has least saccade time (I.E. virtually no eye movement, thus faster)
- Right-aligned label next to input field is next fastest
- Left-aligned label with input field took longest (500ms saccade time)
A saccade is the movement of the eye. A saccade time is the time it takes for an eye to travel from one focal point to another.
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