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How to Design Forms with 20+ Checkboxes

Practical tips to create user-friendly and organized forms

Saadia Minhas
UX World
4 min readDec 6, 2024

Handling a form with 20 or more checkboxes can be a challenging task.

On one side, you want to give users the flexibility to make multiple selections. On the other, you risk overwhelming them with an endless list.

Poorly designed forms can lead to user frustration and errors.

As UX designers, you need to create forms that fulfill the requirements and are user-friendly.

Let’s explore a few practical and effective ways to organize a list of checkboxes in a form.

Display all checkboxes in the main scrollable container

Place all checkboxes in the main scrollable container. This can be a page, a dialog, or a sheet.

Place all checkboxes in the main scrollable container.

If you place them inside a scrollable menu or list box, there is a chance that users might miss the checkboxes that are hidden in the default view.

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Saadia Minhas
Saadia Minhas

Written by Saadia Minhas

UX Design Passionate | Love to share and learn about UX design | https://uxdworld.com/

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