Customise a SharePoint List Form into Sections/Tabs/Pages

Question

I have a SharePoint solution which uses a list with around 20 different pieces of data. I would like to be able to break these up into sections/pages/tabs so that the user experience in populating and editing these is not so poor.

I know how to use SPD (SharePoint Designer) to customize list forms and was wondering if anyone knew of a technique for achieving this.

I have looked at using a MultiView control but this appears to screw up the rendering within the form.

Ideas welcome.

Answer 1

You can create some Javascript to hide fields until necessary, but it is going to be a hard slog to get it right. It could be easier to create a custom .NET form for the data and use the object model to store the list data.

Answer 2

Try to use Forms Designer tool: http://spform.com. It allows you to create rich dynamic forms with tabs based on jquery-ui tabs.