On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Roxanne Hoover <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > +1. I use Lastpass, but for those times it fails ... > > 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] >> > > -- Greg Sheremeta, MBA Red Hat, Inc. Sr. Software Engineer [email protected]
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