I'm not sure where the planned usage is, but if there is a desire for this same pattern to be used on mobile devices as well, I would recommend staying with a single column, especially for the name and address fields.
Kind regards, *Tiffany Nolan* Senior Interaction Designer - Developer Experience UXD Team | Red Hat Westford [email protected] *Good design, when it’s done well, becomes invisible. It’s only when it’s done poorly that we notice it.**– Jared Spool* On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Gabriel Cardoso <[email protected]> wrote: > SJ, the New and Returning user pattern is a very good application for this. > > I’m not against multiple columns, and think it makes sense in case of many > inputs to fill in, specially if u can group the related ones. > My suggestion would be to align the labels above the inputs. This makes > the grid stronger and IMO is easier to map the fields. > > > Thanks, > Gabriel > > > On Sep 23, 2016, at 9:06 AM, Greg Sheremeta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Roxanne Hoover <[email protected]> w > rote: > >> 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. >>>> >>>> <Screen Shot 2016-09-22 at 11.23.59 PM.png> >>>> >>>> - 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. >>>> >>>> <Screen Shot 2016-09-22 at 11.06.08 PM.png> >>>> >>>> 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] > _______________________________________________ > Patternfly mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/patternfly > > > Gabriel Cardoso > UX designer @ Red Hat > > > >
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