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Keila
Keila
@keila@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp last week

I'm considering replacing the tabs (image 1) with an accordion for the form editor (image 2).
Any opinions?

#uxdesign #design #buildinpublic

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The form editor with the various settings organized as tabs.
The form editor with the various settings organized as tabs.
The form editor with the various settings organized as tabs.
The form editor with the various settings organized vertically in the style of an acordion.
The form editor with the various settings organized vertically in the style of an acordion.
The form editor with the various settings organized vertically in the style of an acordion.
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Mariusz
Mariusz
@mariusz@mastodon.design replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@keila deeper question: which of those are required? Surface only required, hide the rest.

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@moshimotsu@floss.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@keila Are these five specific tabs and their contents locked in? Maybe a rework could get you back to 4.

I’m no UX researcher, but accordions always feel like they’re semantically sequential, whereas these each feel like discrete (if still interrelated) parts of setup, so I think an accordion might be the wrong presentation format.

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Keila
Keila
@keila@fosstodon.org replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@moshimotsu I want to eventually rework the form editor so that the settings, fields, and style tabs are no longer necessary (i. e. allow inline editing of all that). But that is going to take quite a while so there needs to be a solution until then.

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solidjellycube
solidjellycube
@solidjellycube@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@keila does the user need to switch between tabs/accordions often to get work done? Then keep tabs. It’s much faster to switch. Is the first tab much more important and more used than the others, then maybe accordions?

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Keila
Keila
@keila@fosstodon.org replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@solidjellycube Good question. I think they are of similar importance and yes, users might switch back and forth when editing a form. And what I really like about the tabs is that they make the options immediately visible. But I think the current design makes them look a bit cluttered.

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@recursivedelete@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@keila I actually like option 2 better — having everything available on one page looks cleaner to me.

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Alkis Kurul
Alkis Kurul
@alkis@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@keila In the first version, the user has a better overview of the available options.

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Keila
Keila
@keila@fosstodon.org replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@alkis That's true! But I feel like it's getting cluttered with five tabs, overflowing into a second row.

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