Recommended spacing between controls on a form?

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Jonathan Eric Miller

I'm wondering if there are recommendations with regard to how controls are
layed out on a form. Is there a certain number of pixels (or other unit of
measurement) that should be used between controls? For example, if I have 4
rows of text boxes, should I make it so that there are always 5 pixels
between each text box? Similarly, is there certain number of pixels that
should be used as a margin for the form?

I thought I read awhile ago some guidelines for sizing of controls and what
not. I'm wondering if Microsoft has a document that explains this?

Jon
 
Jon,

I took a College course during my Engineering studies
where we spent the whole time learning the do's and
don't. I don't think there is a writen answer to your
question, but you might get lucky and find a book. The
best solution I recommend is:
1. Don't try to cram too much crap on one screen.
2. Learn to break things up in groups
3. Make sure data entry flows and you're not bouncing
around the screen to enter data.
4. Look at how others have done similar things - just
start looking how other people do their dialogs (e.g. MS
Word and Excel)
5. Last and most important, make sure you end user is
happy with what they have to use.


Hope this helps
-Fantus
 
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