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The action button should affirm what that task is so users know exactly what happens when they click that button. The more clear your form is, the more you’ll get users to complete it. A form button that says ‘Submit’ gives users the impression that the form isn’t focused on completing a specific task.
How to trigger a button click on press of the’done’/’enter’key?
Fortunately, Android’s Form keyboard now can be modified to have a ‘Done/ Go’ key instead of the usual ‘Enter’ key. You must have already noticed it in a lot places. So let’s say you have an EditText and what you need to do is trigger the click on the submit button whenever the user presses the ‘Done/Go’ or ‘Enter’.
HTML Press the enter key inside the textbox to activate the button. By default, browsers will interpret Enter as submitting a form. by default is type “submit” and accesses whatever is located in the form’s action attribute (can also use button’s formaction to override).
Why does your form button say create account?
Your form button should describe exactly what the user is doing in their task. For example, if they’re signing up for an account, a button that says ‘Create Account’ tells users that clicking the action button creates an account. It’s clear and specific to their task.
Next to the disabled submit button is an area that tells the user what the form is awaiting. As the form validation is run on each required field, this “Waiting for…” list gets shorter until finally it says “Ready!” in green and the submit button is then enabled.
Which is the best position to submit a form?
Most contain simple phrases or questions, read right to left: having a button on the bottom right feels like both the most progressive position and the final resting place for the eye. Were the modal window large enough to contain a long form, we would probably follow the first principal for forms. In the end, our heuristic is this:
Were the modal window large enough to contain a long form, we would probably follow the first principal for forms. In the end, our heuristic is this: Large Windows & Forms get the button on the bottom left. Small Windows & Dialogues get the button on the bottom right.