August 2018
Beginner
414 pages
3h 16m
English
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Chapter #48. Pick the Right Control for the Job
UI designers have an extensive palette of controls and UI elements to choose from, so it's surprising to see, fairly often, poor choices of controls on forms.
You can enhance the UX of a product considerably by using the right control for the job. HTML5 has extensive form controls, supported by all modern browsers, including color pickers, telephone input, URL input with validation, and so on.
It's not always the most obvious control that you're looking for. Here are some examples:
- Showing users two radio buttons for a yes or no choice, when a checkbox or toggle switch would be simpler
- Overusing drop-down controls when there are only a few options (it would be better to use virtually any other control ...