Design Fitts's Law
Psychology & UX Laws · ux laws
Updated 2026-07-28
- Interaction speed depends on distance and target size.
- Improve usability by:
- Making important targets larger.
- Placing actions closer to where users are working.
- Examples:
- Floating action buttons.
- Inline editing.
- Context actions.
- The fastest target is the one already near the user.
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