[IxDA Discuss] Best practice: hiding groups of widgets within a complex form?

[Alan Wexelblat]

I'm trying to figure out how to give people a way to simplify a
visually complex form.  This is a PC desktop application, not Web, and
I don't have the option to break the form apart.

Current technology is something like an enhanced group box
(http://developer.kde.org/language-bindings/ruby/colortooltutorial/dialog3grpbox.png)
with a button-like target in the corner (like a + or open/close
chevron) that would collapse related groups of widgets, or shrink the
area in some way.

I haven't seen any good examples of UIs that do this, or design
patterns I could look at for inspiration.  Anyone got any thoughts?

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--Alan Wexelblat