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On which side do we put the primary button?

Revisiting: button placements.

Marcus Fleckner
UX Collective
Published in
8 min readMay 17, 2024

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Side by side image of a template form showing a skelton-design with to call to action buttons at the bottom with next and back placed differently on each of the two examples.
Placement of primary and secondary buttons on forms. Design by author.

In an earlier article written about “Why ‘OK’ buttons work better on the right”, I touched upon the placements of buttons. As of today, I’m still not sure which placement is the best. But here’s another take on it.

There are many of sublime articles about the order of buttons in UX and web design and where…

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UX & UI designer & podcast host on the design podcast: "Who is it for?". Editor of Map Quest.