Can anyone point to examples of forms that require one or the other of
something? For instance, a contact form where either email -or- phone
is required. The context is I have a web app that has search fields
in which some combination of elements is needed. There could be as
many as a dozen diff
Brian,
As a simple answer, you can address it with a description for that section
stating that either field is required and grouping them into logical areas
(e.g. Sign-in information, Contact information, Personal details, etc).
Here are some samples from Chris Messina's flickr design patterns st
I just came across this example the other day tracking an order (so it
sticks in my mind)...
https://www.zzounds.com/ordertrack/
It has some obvious issues: the inputs aren't horizontally aligned,
and the "OR" text is barely readable in yellow. So I wouldn't call
it a good example. I probably rem
Here's a flawed example:
http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#contactUs
I don't like that the asterisk seems to be defined twice here.
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Hi,
I'd suggest a single input field with the label reading, "Email or
phone". Use some 'hint' text to give examples of both or an
explanation that either is ok.
The coding of the field validation will increase in complexity a bit,
but your user's wont care about that.
Cheers. Marcus.
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I personally would not want to fill a phone number field in any form,
especially into a machine knowing that it will get stored in some
database. So I won't know who can misuse it anytime.
If the users for whom you design for think that giving a phone number
there can serve them (such as confirmat
