The word Responsive, in the context of web development, means that the web page dynamically adjusts its layout to suit the screen size of the device it is being displayed on. Responsive design is vital for online forms, as incorrect scaling on the front end can make it difficult to interact with certain form elements. If you’ve ever tried filling in a contact form on a phone where the form labels were so small you couldn’t see which field was which, you know what we’re talking about.
So, for example, on a mobile device, full-width inline form input fields are larger and easier to interact with on smaller screens, whereas on a desktop computer with a larger screen, you might want to split your fields across 2 or more columns.
Similarly, users interact differently with checkbox, select, and submit button fields depending on whether they’re using a touchscreen or a mouse cursor.
Responsive forms improve the accessibility of your forms.
In this tutorial, we’ll look at the ins and outs of responsive forms. WS Form PRO allows you to quickly build fully responsive forms for any input type using the drag and drop form builder interface – absolutely no CSS styling, Javascript, or HTML knowledge required!
Breakpoints
In a responsive form, a breakpoint is a point (screen width) at which the form will adapt in a certain way in order to provide the best possible user experience. These are approximately the width of a screen you would find on different devices such as a phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer.