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Nice question. I see a couple of ways of approaching this. Consider uniting the contents of this tab with one of the other tabs and getting rid of it altogether. Along similar lines, consider distributing your content differently among the tabs. Maybe there's an alternative effective grouping, that lets you make the tabs more balanced? Do what websites ...


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Given the cognitive load imposed on the user by the form above the tabs, I'd suggest the positioning of the form within the tab is the least of your worries. Before they get to the tab, the user has been forced to shift their focus back and forth across the entire width of the page several times. Aesthetically, my preference is for a top left alignment, ...


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I don't think there's a "best" way. Personally I'd make them scale up to a certain size and (as you have done) anchor them at the top of the window. I'd be tempted to centre them - but top left is OK. I don't think people will be bothered by the empty space - especially if the tab is effectively a transient window. If you really don't want the large ...


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Here is my solution for such a problem. Edit one group at a time. When you need to add more members, click to load overlay window which lists everybody but also shows you who has been added to the group already.


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You could use that shuttle design you mentioned but to get around the scrolling issue, include a search box on the left side above the members list. This way, if you know the names of the people you want to add, you just find their name, press Enter, and move on. If the users are already in groups, you could show those groups in the left side list and allow ...


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Here are some resources about likert scales: In 1999 an interesting sequence of discussions regarding the use of the Likert scale appeared on the AERA Division D LIST SERV. Consider a scale such as: Agree Tend to agree Undecided Tend to disagree Disagree Dr. Dennis Roberts of Penn State, on August 30 1999, regarding the existence of the middle ...


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Using a responsive layout that turned tabs into panes ended up being the nicest looking solution to this one. When the window would get large enough to support it, the most important tab would become a pane. Screenshot at small resolution: Screenshot at large resolution:



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