How to indicate a group of required fields and single required fields in the same flow?

1. How do you indicate required fields in web design?
2. What does indicate a required field mean?
3. Is it important to clearly distinguish optional fields when designing a form?

How do you indicate required fields in web design?

Required fields should be indicated with either a symbol or text, not just color. When providing an indicator for a required field, it should be placed right before the form field. This allows a screen reader to read the indicator to a screen reader user right before the user activates the field.

What does indicate a required field mean?

When you make a field required, people must enter an answer to the field in order to submit their entry. When someone tries to submit an entry without filling out a required field, we highlight the problematic fields and display an error message to let them know the field is required.

Is it important to clearly distinguish optional fields when designing a form?

You should always try and avoid optional fields in forms. In the case you use optional fields clearly distinguish which input fields are required. Standard UX design, is to use an asterisk (*) for required fields and the word “optional” for non-required fields.