Grouping Several Fields in Blocks 

Creating Blocks

Gather groups of field names and their respective I/O fields in blocks.

Both field names and I/O fields are left-aligned:

 

Arranging Values to be Compared

Position fields whose values the user has to compare with each other one below the other.

Exception

If many "From-To" value ranges are grouped close together in the work area of a selection screen, the arrangement as shown in example 1 or example 2 is preferrable. The blanks in the left field name of example 1 are tolerable in this case.

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This guideline basically affects the output of values. With entry screens where numeric data is entered left-aligned, the different widths of the input values give some indication as to which is the largest and which the smallest value.

Repeating Name Elements in a Block

If two field names have one part in common, you should still use the full name for both field names.

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Aligning I/O Fields

The longest field name of a block determines where the I/O fields begin.

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