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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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. >> <http://www.redhat.com/about/whoisredhat/redhatstories.html?intcmp=70160000000TB9vAAG&;> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Patternfly mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/patternfly >> >> > > > -- > Greg Sheremeta, MBA > Red Hat, Inc. > Sr. Software Engineer > [email protected] >
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