Sujit, Another factor here is whether your app will be used on mobile devices or not.
When I'm building forms for use in web areas or my audience is primarily going to be using a latptop or larger I like nav bars and sidebars for the reasons other folks have mentioned. But if it's going to be accessed on a mobile device I use top nav bars and stay away from sidebars unless it's a very thin column of icons or something of the like. I also make it a point to use a reactive display framework. I'm happy with Bootstrap but it's not the only one. My thoughts on this generally are: build your app so that the data and display are independent (then it matters less what you use to make it look nice and it's easier to change) never, never write 4D code to create html (use 4D tags or better html side tools) look at it on your phone once in a while as you work - just because I think users generally could care less about what design format we are using (not talking advertising or landing pages here). What they do care about is being able to get their work done and that means making the interface easy to use and understand. On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Sujit Shah via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > I have read a bit about the pros and cons of a Top Menu layout vs Sidebar > Layout. A lot of popular web applications like Xero, Salesforce use Top > Menus. > > Gmail is of course using a sidebar. > > For me a sidebar offers a lot more flexibility (accordion) without using > several levels of menus and submenus at the top. > > Then there is the user expectations. Anyone have any advise, tips or > thoughts on this? > > > > -- > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "There must be ingenuity as well as intention, strategy as well as > strength. " > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** -- Kirk Brooks San Francisco, CA ======================= *The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.* *- Edmund Burke* ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
