I'm putting together a form that contains about 20 fields. I'm undecided as to what default selection I should display for the drop-downs (or at least what the best practices are).
The client wants to make sure that the end-users are actively making selections. So I have a preference as to what it should be, but I'd love to get some feedback. Here are my three choices (if there are others, please feel free to suggest): 1. If there is a common selection made for a particular drop-down, then that selection should be set as the default. 2. "Please choose..." or some form of instruction 3. Blank default I assuming that if the drop-down is required or not, that should have an impact as well. What default would best indicate to the user, especially when they're confronted with a large form, that selections "have to" be made? ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
