Website design Essex - Interactive Forms

Form filling is one of those tedious tasks most people would prefer not to do. How many times have you filled in an on-line form only find out after submitting it that one or more required fields have not been completed!

We can produce forms that not only look good in the sense that the style changes as a field is in focus, but also function interactively. For example the simple form on the left has two required fields, 'Name' and 'email address'. Try typing in an email address before filling out the 'Name' field. You should see a message box that alerts to the fact that the 'Name' field needs to be filled in.
If you type in the 'Message' field before filling in the 'Name' and 'email address' you will be alerted and asked to complete both the 'Name' and 'email address' fields If you ignore the warning messages and submit the form without the required fields you will also we given a warning and the form will not be submitted.

Obviously this form is only a simple example and it is unlikely that the required fields would be missed. However, in practice forms can be far longer and can be spread over several pages in which case this kind of interactivity can be a great assert!

The email address is also tested for correct syntax and formatting before the form is submitted.