form design
Questionnaire visual arrangement
Form design is the practice of creating documents or interfaces that collect information from users—paper forms, web forms, surveys, applications.
Good form design balances completeness with usability: The form design made it easy to apply.
The field encompasses layout, field types, validation, and user flow.
In industrial contexts, form design may instead refer to shaping physical products.
- labelIdentifying attachment or marker
- text boxData entry rectangle
- boxLidded storage container
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- error messagesAutomated failure notifications
cognitive load · affordances · field · whitespace · dropdown · radio button · accessibility standards · user flow · mobile friendly · call to action · controls · visual hierarchy · submit · checkboxes · required field · feedback loops · reset · grid systems
form designcontent creation
Making shareable digital material
content writing · substance · data entry · subject matter · message