Comments on: To left-align or to right-align… that is the question http://ilikeellipses.com/2007/07/30/to-left-align-or-to-right-align-that-is-the-question/ the blog for developers who care about more than just code... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:11:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: mike http://ilikeellipses.com/2007/07/30/to-left-align-or-to-right-align-that-is-the-question/#comment-18 mike Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:37:00 +0000 http://ilikeellipses.com/2007/07/30/to-left-align-or-to-right-align-that-is-the-question/#comment-18 After reading the first link, I think I still stand by my original post. I didn't consider above left-alignment, which is a viable option, however trying to group controls gets problematic and increases the usage of vertical space even more.<br/><br/>The second link is pretty interesting. So they're saying that above left-alignment is better (well faster and easier to process) than right-alignment which is better than simple left-alignment. I can buy that, however you still lose that much more precious vertical space, you force your form to be pretty thin with lots of whitespace, and well... it might just end up looking crappy. I think a nice balance of form and function is needed here. I'd still vote for right-alignment. After reading the first link, I think I still stand by my original post. I didn’t consider above left-alignment, which is a viable option, however trying to group controls gets problematic and increases the usage of vertical space even more.

The second link is pretty interesting. So they’re saying that above left-alignment is better (well faster and easier to process) than right-alignment which is better than simple left-alignment. I can buy that, however you still lose that much more precious vertical space, you force your form to be pretty thin with lots of whitespace, and well… it might just end up looking crappy. I think a nice balance of form and function is needed here. I’d still vote for right-alignment.

]]> By: Scott http://ilikeellipses.com/2007/07/30/to-left-align-or-to-right-align-that-is-the-question/#comment-17 Scott Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:57:00 +0000 http://ilikeellipses.com/2007/07/30/to-left-align-or-to-right-align-that-is-the-question/#comment-17 You might enjoy these two articles.<br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.lukew.com/resources/articles/web_forms.html" REL="nofollow">Web Application Form Design</a><br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000107.php" REL="nofollow">Label Placement in Forms</a> You might enjoy these two articles.

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