Why Users Abandon Forms with Select Menus

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  • Why Users Abandon Forms with Select Menus
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    Form abandonment is like someone agreeing to meet up with you but then canceling last minute. Users who are interested in what a site offers have no trouble starting a form. But when it comes to completing it, they’ll have many reasons not to.Select Menus Slow Users DownOne common reason is if your form contains multiple select menus. Research shows that forms with select menus often get abandoned. This is because they take more time and effort to complete.Flow InterruptionMost forms begin with text fields where users type in their input. But when a select menu appears, they have to move their hands from keyboard to mouse to select an option. This interrupts their typing flow and slows them down.Hard to ReadOnce they open the select menu, they have to scan through the options and (...)