Tagged Questions
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How do I simplify my complex form? wizard vs. scrolling
In making recommendations for a lengthy registration form, I am faced with the challenge of how to lay it out without confusing the user.
In the current implementation, there are many possible pages ...
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3answers
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Should I include any other information on a page with a long signup form?
I'm working on a form users will fill out to start a free trial of our product. Unfortunately all of the fields I've included are required for us to put them in our system properly.
What I'm ...
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4answers
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Is it OK if asterisk is put after label that is above the field?
Look at wireframe:
download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq Mockups
Does it look OK that labels above fields have asterisks? Or should labels be placed left of the fields?
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3answers
114 views
Where to place registration form and its contents in page horizontally?
In a registration form I'm having trouble guessing where I should put the text and input fields. Obviously the default is flush against the left side of the screen which looks terrible. I noticed ...
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3answers
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Group of checkboxes and supporting text fields
What is the best way to layout a group of checkboxes and supporting form fields?
For instance, in this form the user can select several choices for a report delivery method. Some of the choices ...
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1answer
243 views
UI Layout improvement
I'm currently implementing a database querying tool, and am currently working on a section which would allow users to specify ORDER BY and Aggregate clauses. My biggest challenge has been to represent ...
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3answers
212 views
Text layout in forms [closed]
I'm in the process of creating some design guidelines for a big form based application. The application has its fair share of "this information is vital to the users and can't be missed". I've seen ...
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3answers
371 views
large amount of data on a single page
I'm a member of a team developing a business application. Basically - it is all about data entry. There are people (thousands of them) sitting whole day and filling the form below over and over in ...
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3answers
148 views
Where is the best place to put example input for a form? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where should form instructions or hints be placed?
Which of the following is the best place for the example (e.g. 12345) on long/short/busy/simple forms? (...and why?)
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5answers
467 views
Form layout. Vertical Labels vs Horizontal Labels. Images inside
After reading
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1502
and
http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2006/07/label-placement-in-forms.php
Placing labels above input fields is preferable, but if you choose to ...
4
votes
2answers
337 views
Multiple forms on a single screen
I have about 5 sets of forms to be filled up by the user, one by one. Most of the fields in these set of forms are mandatory so it is obvious that the user has to check out all these 5 forms. Now I ...
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2answers
169 views
Layout for adding one or more contacts to a record
The context:
The user is creating a client record. Against each record their could be one or more contacts (people) provided. Often this will be adding 1 or 2 but could sometimes be up to 5-10.
The ...
2
votes
1answer
163 views
Advantages of big forms (especially in ecommerce)
What are the advantages or disadvantages using big forms? (especially in ecommerce)
I notice sites like Stack Exchange are using big form input fields with big bold labels inside of them ...
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2answers
49 views
Should selections of 'other' always auto generate fields for the user to populate
As per conversations already on this site such as What's the best placement for an "Other" box I am guessing the answer to this might just be a quick 'Yes' but I figured I would ask!
I ...
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5answers
489 views
Where should form instructions or hints be placed?
I was browsing Forrst and came about a screenshot of a form designed with Twitter Bootstrap that had the label on the left, the input field on the right, and the instruction that it's required under ...
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5answers
231 views
Scaling an Address Form on Resize
My application has a form for filling in the names and addresses of a donor. Each donor gets a closable tab and each tab has an address form.
The problem is that the application runs in a regular ...
4
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2answers
1k views
Are there any recommendations for the layout of Metro forms UI with hierarchical data on a website?
Most of the guidelines I find regarding Metro design deal with read-only or media content with few text input controls. Are there any design guidelines/examples/screenshots showing good layout of ...
5
votes
1answer
134 views
What is the optimal layout for a form with two respondents?
download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq Mockups
I'm redesigning a form that is used by office workers who interview respondents in person. In some cases, there will be two ...
7
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2answers
544 views
What is the optimal layout for a mobile search form with a large number of fields?
I'm working on the layout for a search form that has approximately 8-10 fields. At this point, the search form fills nearly the entire viewport. My research has turned up general strategies for large ...
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3answers
1k views
How to organize a form with many fields?
Where I work, we have a system that has a screen with several fields. There are approximately 50 fields and all are important and should appear.
//edited in gimp :D
Any suggestions on how to ...
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3answers
222 views
Default input labels and text sizes
Looking to get community feedback on a few small related form questions:
For standard forms:
How long should a standard text box input be? These text boxes would be for first and last name?
Should ...
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2answers
455 views
Date picker button placement: inside or outside the right bounds?
Which of these is a better approach for placement of the date picker button:
Having the button outside the right bounds of the other textboxes:
Or having the picker inside:
I'm also thinking of ...
4
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2answers
581 views
How to lay out a list of lot of checkboxes that may vary in length?
I have a list of checkboxes under header titles (at least three, one of them has sub headers, all in one page), something like this:
Problem is, these checkboxes may end up with 10 elements per ...
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6answers
386 views
Making contact detail form more friendly
I have a windows based form in my project for adding contact details.
Here's a screenshot
I have added textbox for First name, Last name , var and cst (vat and cst are numbers related to ...
5
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3answers
428 views
Login Form Placement/Isolation
If you go to http://www.notableapp.com/, you will see that when you click the Sign In button, it takes you to a completely new page with only the login form on that page.
Why did the designers ...
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5answers
5k views
Best Design/Order/Layout For Mailing Address Form
Is there any standards out there when it comes to a mailing address form?
I need to collect the following fields:
address line 1
address line 2
city
postal code (or zip)
province(or state)
country
...
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23answers
13k views
OK/Cancel on left/right?
Should OK button be on left of Cancel button or vice versa?
Are there any studies suggesting either of the solutions?
