Optional or Mandatory Fields
- Uni (Hwa Young) Oh
Here is the first draft. Please add comments.
Mandatory - all fields: Add text at the top of the form above the first field saying "All fields are mandatory." Do not add quotations marks. Sentence case with a period at the end. Do not mark each field.
Optional - all fields: Add text at the top of the form above the first field saying “All fields are optional.”
Both Mandatory and Optional:
50% each: Add (Mandatory) in brackets next to label, above each Mandatory field. Title case. Do not mark Optional fields.
Optional fields are less than 50%: Add (Optional). Do not mark Mandatory field.
Mandatory fields are less than 50%: Add (Mandatory). Do not mark optional fields.
Font colour: Grey #737373 for all
Existing examples:
https://www.toronto.ca/business-economy/doing-business-with-the-city/claim-for-lien/claim-for-lien-submission/ (click next button to see the form)
Here is the updated version 1.
Mandatory - all fields: Add text at the top of the form above the first field saying "All fields are mandatory." Do not add quotations marks. Sentence case with a period at the end. Do not mark each field.
Optional - all fields: Add text at the top of the form above the first field saying “All fields are optional.”
Both Mandatory and Optional:
Mandatory fields are 50% or less than 50%: Add (Mandatory) in brackets next to label, above each Mandatory field. Title case. Do not mark Optional fields. Add text at the top of the form saying “All fields are optional unless labelled with “Mandatory”
Optional fields are less than 50%: Add (Optional). Do not mark Mandatory field. Add text at the top of the form saying “All fields are mandatory unless labelled with “Optional”
Multi-page forms: It needs to be consistent across all pages. If you are marking fields “Optional” and an entire step has optional fields, they still need to be marked.
Font colour: Grey #737373 for all