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Mobile form design.

WHY IT MATTERS

Most of your visitors are on phones.

A form difficult to complete on a phone loses most of its submissions.

WHAT TO CHECK

Fields wide enough to tap accurately Labels readable without zooming The button reachable and large enough No horizontal scrolling

THE KEYBOARD POINT

Set the field type correctly.

An email field brings up the email keyboard. A phone field brings up the number pad.

That small detail noticeably improves completion.

WHAT BREAKS ON PHONES

Multi-column layouts Fields side by side Date pickers that do not work with touch Anything requiring precise tapping

WHAT TO TEST

Complete your own form on your own phone.

Not a resized browser window.

FOR LONG FORMS

Consider breaking into steps with progress shown.

Or reduce the number of fields.

WHAT TO AVOID

Anything requiring a keyboard the phone does not offer.


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