Hi all,
I am designing a form where I need to get a significant amount of info from the user (perhaps 15 to 20 controls). I can fit all the controls on one large form, and I'll try to group them into groups with titles and visible frames to make them appear logical, and not just scattered all over the screen. Or, the alternative, would be to do something like the WE control panel, where you have some listbox or treeview on the left controlling which groups of fields you see on the right. I have at least 3 groups of controls, perhaps 5 if I did it this way. The user would be required to go through the listbox and visit all 5 groups and tab to the right and enter the info for each group. This seems to me to be more tedious when all the fields are required (not when you're just trying to jump to one particular field to make a change). In my case all my fields are blank, and the user can type in the info or has a choice of command buttons to retrieve the data. What I'd like to know is which type of window would you rather work with? One with all the fields seen at once, or one where you must go down a listbox of groups, and then go throu each group of fields, and then return to the listbox? Reasons would be appreciated. Especially if low-vision users might find one format better. I will say that I could be certain, when a low resolution monitor is being used, that the second method would more likely fit on screen. Thanks for any thoughts. Chip
