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Fill in the blanks

forms.inputs.fill_in_the_blanks

When a label/control pair is awkward, present the request as a short sentence with blanks to fill in.

Description

When a label/control pair feels awkward, present the request as a short sentence with blanks to fill in. Pass when those awkward pairs are recast that way; fail when the request stays a disconnected label-plus-blank where a sentence-blank pattern would fit. Use the sentence form to make the ask readable without inventing new requirements beyond the cited pattern.

When to use

Label-plus-blank pairs read awkwardly as disconnected controls.

Not when

Simple named fields where a plain label already fits.

Agent hint

Rewrite awkward label/control pairs as a short sentence with blanks.

Pass

Awkward label/control pairs are recast as a short sentence with blanks.

Fail

The request is an awkward disconnected label+blank where a sentence-blank would fit the cited pattern.

Citations

Designing Interfaces 3e ch. Getting Input — Fill-in-the-Blanks (Tidwell, Brewer, Valencia)

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/designing-interfaces-3rd/9781492051954/

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