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- the MIT logo in white
- the standard copyright in Light Orange, Source Sans 13 pt
- two hyperlinks to pages About this Application and Help; these hyperlinks take users to new pages with this information; hyperlinks are underlined Light Orange, Source Sans 13 pt
2.5 Forms
Forms should be designed in accordance with the standards above. All fields should include field labels. Labels appear above their fields left aligned with the beginning of the field (except in cases of very long forms i.e., more than 1 full page of scrolling; in this case, labels can appear to the left, aligned left). Buttons should appear at the bottoms of the forms, left aligned with the form fields (not the field labels).
2.5.1 Form fields
The term form fields is used generically to describe any HTML object that allows users to input information and receive a response from the site. This includes select boxes (also known as drop-downs) used for filtering views within a page. Each form object should conform to its intended purpose.
- text fields are for free text entry; they should be sized according to the suggested or allowable character limit; they should not be sized uniformly unless the character limits are uniform
- select boxes are for a single select from a list of items (5-15)
- radio buttons are for a single select from 2-4 items; do not select a default option in a radio button group unless the default option is selected 80% (or more) of the time.
- checkboxes are for multi-select items; try to limit your multi-select options to no more than 10 (2 columns of 5 options).