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Control Choice - Do you avoid using Group Box and use a line to organize your form?

Last updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] about 2 months ago.See history

Group box should only be used when you want to notify the user the controls within it are really related, such as radio buttons.

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Figure: Bad Example - Inappropriate use of 'Group Box', there is nothing to be grouped

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Figure: Good Example - Use a line to organize different sections

Figure: Good Example - VS.NET 2003 Options form, appropriate use of 'Group Box', the radio buttons are related to each other

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Figure: Good Example - VS.NET 2012 Options form, also appropriate use of 'Group Box'

In other cases, you should avoid using group box and replace it with a simple line, this will save you some space on the form and help you organize your form more easily.

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