Let's say we have a form with a few fields, where each row contains a label, a field and a "hint" icon. Let's say it's about 10 fields.
The problem is that the fields are generated automatically, based on the user's input in previous stages. Some of them may be long and some may be short. They might be of different types - e.g. text fields, date pickers, checkboxes. In any case, each field gets a hint icon.
What would be the best way to align the icons? In a vertical line at some distance from the longest field, or adjacent to each field? Or is there another way? Moving them to the left of the field or the label seems like a worse idea than either of these two options.
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