From the course: UX for Web Forms
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From the course: UX for Web Forms
Primary versus secondary buttons
- [Instructor] A typical form has several actions. Actions such as submit, save, or continue, are intended to enable completion, which is the primary goal of just about anyone who has started filling in a form. Because they enable the most important action on the form, completion, they can be referred to as primary actions. Secondary actions on the other hand tend to be less utilized, and most often allow people to retract the data they've entered. Options like cancel, reset, or go back, represent secondary actions that are countered to most people's primary goal of completing the form they began. Because secondary actions can have negative consequences, especially when used unintentionally, some argue that they should be absent from forms. Imagine filling in a very long form online only to hit the reset button and have all your data erased. However, in certain situations, secondary actions make sense. Things like…
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