Accessible form brief
Design a form that people can understand, complete, correct, and submit with different devices and assistive technologies.
Accessibility and inclusive design · 45 min · Advanced · 35 questions
Information needed
Which information is truly necessary?
Why is each piece of information needed?
Which fields can be optional?
Fields and labels
Which native control fits each field?
Does every field have a visible label?
Which fields need instructions?
Which fields should be grouped together?
How will required fields be identified?
Data entry
Which fields should support autocomplete?
Which fields need a specific on-screen keyboard?
Which input formats will be accepted?
How will measurement units be explained?
How can people enter dates?
How should input formats adapt by locale?
Navigation
What should the focus order be?
Can every field be reached by keyboard?
Which form changes need to be announced?
How should the form reflow when zoomed?
Are all touch targets large enough?
Do voice-control names match visible labels?
Validation and errors
How should validation and errors work?
Should the form show an error summary?
Where should each inline error appear?
Where should focus move after validation fails?
Will entered values survive a validation error?
Changing content
How will revealed fields be explained?
How can people add or remove repeated groups?
How will file-upload progress be communicated?
Can people extend a time limit?
Can people save and return later?
Submission
How will people know the form was submitted?
Can people review their answers before submission?
Will people receive a submission receipt?
Will the submission receive a reference number?
What should people do next?
How to use this brief
Use this brief as a bank of questions for the conversation. Choose what is relevant, mark covered questions as you go, and skip anything that has already been answered.
Use this brief when...
Use when you need to design a form that people can understand, complete, correct, and submit with different devices and assistive technologies.
Best used as: Live call · Async intake
- Category
- Accessibility and inclusive design
- Discussion time
- 45 minutes
- Depth
- Advanced
- Last updated
- Jul 21, 2026
- Scope
- Design briefs
- Best used as
- Live callAsync intake
- Design roles
- Content designerAccessibility specialistUX/UI designer
- Audience
- UX and UI designersProduct designersDesign leadsProduct managers
- Platforms
- WebiOSAndroid
- Company type
- B2BB2CEnterprise
- Product stage
- LaunchGrowthMature product
- Tags
- accessibility-and-inclusive-designaccessible-formsystems-and-platformsform-designtransactional-workflow