Need an easy way to do this, as typical desktop methods are hard to do, BUT, abide by principles of mobile design and let it be undoable also. (suggest how, if not OS level, like press and hold clear after this returns it, or robust autocomplete saving). Refer to Cancel Guard (which references this!) to make sure everything is on the same page. Likely to use some of the same diagrams also. Also count clearing overall entry, selections other than text fields, whole forms, etc. Some anti-patterns, but some value.

Problem

Solution

The opposite problem of text entry on a constrained device is removing already filled-in values. Long URLs, or other old, pre-populated or pre-filled data may be inaccurate, and can be slow to clear.

Clear Entry functions should not be used universally, and can be dangerous as they may accidentally encourage deletion. But they should be considered for some types of fields, or forms.

Variations

Field level (careful!)

Form level (anti!)

Interaction Details

stuff

principles of Cancel Protection

revert, via cancelguard/exitguard

Presentation Details

Antipatterns

Examples