Question editing form improvements
Many question type editing forms are long and unwieldy. The biggest improvements we made were
- Expandable Sections
- Group similar fields.
- Expandable html editors
Combined with smaller tweaks the forms are now much easier to understand and use.
Expandable Sections
This is the ability for the user to collapse and expand form sections.
Each form is broken down into logical sections including:
- General
- Answers
- Units
- Multiple tries
To simplify the form it helps to think of breaking it down into sections and focusing on one section at a time. This is what expandable sections allow. Each section of the form can now be collapsed or expanded exactly the same way this happens to blocks.
To the left of each section title a + or - icon controls the visibility of that particular section. The icon used indicates what will happen when it is clicked. - indicates the section will collapse. + indicates it will expand.
Fig 1. Form with all sections collapsed With all sections collapsed it's possible to see on one page all sections in the form and gauge its complexity. Then expand each section as you work through it.
Group similar fields
Expandable html editors
Ability to collapse and expand the editor of html text entry fields.