Hi, On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Matt Carrano <[email protected]> wrote:
> In general I agree with what's been said about multi-column forms and > think they should be avoided in most cases. However, I do think there are > situations where placing fields adjacent to each other in a horizontal row > makes sense - first name, last name or city, zip would be two examples as > cited. > I haven't read all the threads, but I'm also in the camp of avoiding multi-column forms in most cases. S.J. - You might want to check in with Joe, I know he looked into this when he was doing the Forms discovery story. And the following article offers some helpful info on this topic as well: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/web-form-design/ Best, Liz > > SJ, my problem with the layout examples you provided is that in the first > one, it feels like the columns are very disjoint, so even thought you've > placed First Name and Last Name side by side, I don't see them as related > when I glance at this. In the second example, I would probably opt for > some pre-selection of new or returning user and display a single form > rather than present 2 forms side-by-side. > > So for me, the question may be less about whether we should support > multi-column forms (in general, I think we shouldn't) and more about when > it is appropriate to place 2 or more fields in the same row and how we > should handle labeling in that case. > > Matt > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 2:44 AM, SJ Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello UXD and PatternFly community, >> >> Would love to get your input on when, if ever, multi-column forms are >> okay. >> >> This sprint the PatternFly team is working on the conceptual design for >> multi column forms. In the case of multi column forms, it’s mostly best >> practice to avoid their use. The main problem is that using multiple >> columns within forms could cause the potential for users to interpret the >> fields inconsistently. >> >> However, there are a couple exceptions that seem to be acceptable. >> >> - The main exception for using multi-column forms that cause the least >> amount of confusion were strictly for name and address fields. >> >> >> >> - The second exception is when there are two different form choices. >> User must choose to fill out one or the other. In this case, when the >> forms fields are shown next to each other in a multi column format, there >> is little confusion as long as the distinction of the two form choices are >> clear. >> >> >> >> Would love to hear your thoughts and input on this topic. Are there any >> other scenarios that are acceptable? Do you agree with the conclusion? >> >> Thank you!! >> SJ >> >> *Sarah Jane Cox* >> User Interaction Designer >> User Experience Design Team >> >> Red Hat, Inc. >> <http://www.redhat.com/about/whoisredhat/redhatstories.html?intcmp=70160000000TB9vAAG&;> >> >> > > > -- > Matt Carrano > Sr. Interaction Designer > Red Hat, Inc. > [email protected] >
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