Doing what’s required: Indicating mandatory fields in an accessible way

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The problem arises when a form contains only required fields.

In such situations, we recommend explicitly indicating required fields using the methods described above. Alternatively, you could include a blanket instruction at the top of the form stating that “All fields are required”, but use this approach with caution as research suggests users often ignore or forget such instructions.

Of course, there may be situations where it is clear enough from the context that all fields are required. For instance, a simple login form with only username and password fields or a search engine homepage with only a single search field.