Inline fields

[oni-on1003]

How to make two fields inline? Like the time and date fields

[euanmillar]

@naftis @jpye-finch is this possible in the form?

[jpye-finch]

@oni-on1003
It is currently not possible to have inline text fields for desktop views. It's easier for the user "to think vertically". Work down the page and enter data into fields vertically and not have to consider fields that may be to the right of the current field.

Also simplifies the code as we won't have to consider potential conditional fields that the implementor wants to appear inline.

[oni-on1003]

@jpye-finch
Our death registration form has a question for Interval Between Onset and Death.
Ideally, we want users to enter the interval(in numbers) and select the type of interval, similar to the image below.

Since this is not currently possible, we will use a single text field instead.

[jpye-finch]

@oni-on1003
Many thanks for your response and sharing your use case.

Ah ok. So it is essentially one "data field" asking for one piece of information using two inputs.

May I ask why you want them to select the interval type? Would it not best to enforce 'days' for instance to help with data statistical analysis. Otherwise you will have to addition cleaning of the data so that all intervals are using the same unit

Or it could also be auto calculated in the background using the Date of death and asking for the Date of onset

[jpye-finch]

Useful to think about how this data will be used and what kind of statistical analysis you would like to do with it in the future.

[oni-on1003]

@jpye-finch
We are capturing 3 causes of death (immediate cause, antecedent cause, and underlying cause), and the duration/interval between onset and death refers to the approximate interval between the onset of each condition and the date of death.

The type of interval can be hours, minutes, days, weeks, months, or years

We will consider the Date and Time of Onset