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Required or mandatory fields are form questions that must be answered by the user before the form can be submitted. The opposite of required fields are optional fields. And this is where users can choose whether to answer the form questions or not.

How to indicate a required field Provide the required text in the label. Provide a graphic image in the label with appropriate alt text. Providing a star (asterisk) symbol. Use of color to identify if a form control is required. Providing HTML5 and ARIA required attributes.

Summary: Using an asterisk to mark required fields is an easy way to improve the usability of your forms. Only marking optional fields makes it difficult for people to fill out the form.

Another approach to highlight required fields is to add auxiliary text '(optional)' or '(required)' at the end of label to indicate whether this field is required or optional. This approach has content overload issue if forms have too many fields. Imagine a form with 15 labels where 12 are optional and 3 are required.

How to indicate a required field Provide the required text in the label. Provide a graphic image in the label with appropriate alt text. Providing a star (asterisk) symbol. Use of color to identify if a form control is required. Providing HTML5 and ARIA required attributes.

1. Required attribute: If you want to make an input mandatory to be entered by the user, you can use the required attribute. This attribute can be used with any input type such as email, URL, text, file, password, checkbox, radio, etc. This can help to make any input field mandatory.

Summary: Using an asterisk to mark required fields is an easy way to improve the usability of your forms. Only marking optional fields makes it difficult for people to fill out the form.