---
{
  "title": "Great UX with Forms Using Tabs",
  "description": "Long clinical forms can quickly become overwhelming. Too many sections on a single page make navigation difficult and increase cognitive load for users.",
  "date": "2026-02-25",
  "author": "Maria Ryzhikova",
  "reading-time": "2 minutes",
  "tags": [
    "Forms",
    "Aidbox"
  ]
}
---
Long [clinical forms](/blog/why-building-healthcare-forms-is-so-challenging--and-how-to-fix-it) can quickly become overwhelming. Too many sections on a single page make navigation difficult and increase cognitive load for users.

To improve usability, [Aidbox Forms](/articles/closing-the-loop-from-forms-to-insights-introducing-the-ai-assistant-in-aidbox-forms) supports the tab container widget, allowing you to organize forms into clearly structured tabs.

Instead of presenting all sections at once, you can group related fields into separate tabs — making the form easier to navigate and complete.

## How It Works

The Tab Container indicates that a group represents a collection of tabs.

- The Tab Container itself is a group
- Each child group represents a separate tab
- The label of each child group is used as the tab label

This structure keeps the Questionnaire definition clean and standards-based while improving the user experience significantly.

## Why It Matters

Using tabs helps you:

- Break down long forms into logical sections
- Reduce visual overload
- Improve navigation across complex workflows
- Create a more structured and professional UI

Tabs are especially useful for:

- Multi-section intake forms
- Clinical assessments
- Prior authorization workflows

Better structure leads to better completion rates and a smoother user experience.

[Try it in the public Form Builder](https://form-builder.aidbox.app/)

Watch the video guide:

{% embed url="https://youtu.be/8R7S8tlVpn8" %}


***Formbox, formerly known as Aidbox Forms**

See also: [Smarter Forms with Dynamic ValueSet Filtering](/blog/smarter-forms-with-dynamic-valueset-filtering).