[Patternfly] UXD Team - Thoughts on multi column forms

[Roxanne Hoover]

To offer a differing opinion to Greg, I prefer even my address fields to be
single column. I will say, frequently, because I'm usually filling out my
own address, it all autofills for me.

Thinking more generally, the case of multi-column address forms is not
uncommon - tabbing would be a priority.

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 3:22 AM, Greg Sheremeta <gshereme at redhat.com> wrote:

> SJ,
>
> I agree with the conclusion! I sat with it for several minutes, and
> thought to myself -- hmm, I hate all multi-column forms. Then I looked at
> the address form -- yep, hated it. Then I thought about wanting to fill out
> my address -- hm, I hate it when the last name field is under the first
> name. Gah, the zip should always be next to the city! Oh, so, I don't hate
> it! It's exactly correct! lol
>
> And the login/reg is perfect, I'd say ubiquitous. It needs no further
> discussion IMO and can just get stamped as a pattern :)
>
> Once again, great work!
>
> Greg
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 2:44 AM, SJ Cox <sjcox at redhat.com> 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.
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>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> Greg Sheremeta, MBA
> Red Hat, Inc.
> Sr. Software Engineer
> gshereme at redhat.com
>
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