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How to Place Form Questions Side by Side

Short questions don’t need a full line each. In the form builder you can place up to four questions side by side in one row, for example weight, height and BMI, so forms are shorter and quicker to fill in on the client card.

Step 1: Open the Form

Go to Setup, click Forms under Clinical and open the form. Make sure you are on the Edit tab with the Components list showing.

Step 2: Drop a Question Onto the Edge of Another

  1. Drag a component from the Components list, or a question that is already on the form, over the left or right edge of a question on the form. A blue bar appears on that edge.
  2. Let go. The question you dragged sits next to the other one, on the side you chose.

A Short answer being dragged onto the left edge of a question, with the blue bar on that edge marked

The blue bar shows which side the question will join

NOTE: If no blue bar appears, the question can’t go in that row (or the row already has four questions) and is added above or below instead. Rows are for compact questions only: Short answer, Long answer, Dropdown, Single Choice, Multiple Choices, Slider, AI Summary and Calculated Field.

Step 3: Build the Row

Drop more questions onto the edges of the row to add them, up to four per row. To take a question out of a row, drag it to a different place on the form.

Weight, height and BMI questions in one row in the form builder

Weight, height and BMI in one row

Step 4: Save the Form

Click Save Form, then Publish. Use Preview to check the layout before you publish.

When your team fills in the form on the client card, the questions in a row appear next to each other. On a narrow screen, such as a phone, they stack one under another automatically.

The weight, height and BMI questions side by side in a treatment note on the client card

The same row in a treatment note on the client card

NOTE: Rows only change how the form looks, not the questions or answers. Places that don’t support rows yet, such as forms clients fill in online, show the questions one under another as before.

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