Could you do a wizard style with next/prev buttons? If you want at the end you could provide a set of controls to return to a specific step. Best wishes,
Jonathan On Oct 17, 2013, at 7:57 PM, Chip Orange wrote: > Hi all, > > I am designing a form where I need to get a significant amount of info from > the user (perhaps 15 to 20 controls). I can fit all the controls on one > large form, and I’ll try to group them into groups with titles and visible > frames to make them appear logical, and not just scattered all over the > screen. > > Or, the alternative, would be to do something like the WE control panel, > where you have some listbox or treeview on the left controlling which groups > of fields you see on the right. I have at least 3 groups of controls, > perhaps 5 if I did it this way. The user would be required to go through the > listbox and visit all 5 groups and tab to the right and enter the info for > each group. > > This seems to me to be more tedious when all the fields are required (not > when you’re just trying to jump to one particular field to make a change). > In my case all my fields are blank, and the user can type in the info or has > a choice of command buttons to retrieve the data. > > What I’d like to know is which type of window would you rather work with? > One with all the fields seen at once, or one where you must go down a listbox > of groups, and then go throu each group of fields, and then return to the > listbox? > > Reasons would be appreciated. Especially if low-vision users might find one > format better. > > I will say that I could be certain, when a low resolution monitor is being > used, that the second method would more likely fit on screen. > > Thanks for any thoughts. > > Chip >
