Gravity Forms CSS styling & design examples
Creating seamless user experience: Explore Gravity Forms CSS styling & design examples for stunning web forms. See examples and inspiration of how to improve the look of your Gravity Forms using CSS and design inspiration.
Why form design (UI/UX) is so important with to think about with your Gravity Forms
The importance of interface design and UX design for Gravity Forms cannot be overstated. A thoughtfully crafted interface enhances usability, efficiency, and overall user satisfaction.
By focusing on elements such as usability, consistency, accessibility, responsiveness, and emotional engagement, Gravity Forms can deliver a seamless and enjoyable form-building experience for both website owners and visitors.
Gravity Forms design examples
Effective interface design employs visual hierarchy to guide users’ attention to the most important elements. By highlighting key actions, such as adding form fields or configuring settings, users can easily understand the sequence of steps required to create or edit a form.
Gravity Forms CSS styling
Below are some great design examples and CSS tutorials to help you get started. Ensure that your forms remain user-friendly and easy to understand, even with the added styling.
Using CSS to improve the look of your current Gravity Forms designs.
Effective interface design employs visual hierarchy to guide users’ attention to the most important elements. By highlighting key actions, such as adding form fields or configuring settings, users can easily understand the sequence of steps required to create or edit a form.
Clear labels, tooltips, and contextual help ensure that users know what each element does and how it contributes to the form’s functionality.
Remember that while CSS can enhance the visual appeal and usability of your Gravity Forms, it’s important to strike a balance between customization and usability. Ensure that your forms remain user-friendly and easy to understand, even with the added styling.
Interactive form demo
Style your Gravity Forms checkbox & radio fields into buttons with CSS
Using CSS to enhance the look and usability of your Gravity Forms can significantly improve the overall user experience and align the forms with your website’s design. Here are some tips on how to effectively use CSS to style and customize Gravity Forms. See more great styling options over on our JetSloth articles.
Using Gravity Forms CSS column classes
To simplify things, we’ve used the default inbuilt Gravity Forms CSS column classes to get the 2 col and 3 col layout effect. Just add those into your appearance tab on each field group.
.gchoice {
z-index:1;
position:relative;
margin:0 0 10px 0;
padding:0;
height:70px;
width: 100%!important;
}
input.gfield-choice-input {
z-index:2;
appearance:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
width: 100%;
border-radius: 5px;
height:100%;
background: white;
transition: .3s all ease-in-out;
position:absolute;
background:#dfe1e5;
position:absolute;
}
input.gfield-choice-input:hover,
.gchoice label:hover {
cursor:pointer;
}
input.gfield-choice-input:checked {
background:#1273e6;
}
input.gfield-choice-input:checked + label {
color:white;
}
.gchoice label {
z-index:3;
font-weight:700;
color:#141c25;
display:block;
position: absolute;
padding: 0 0 0 30px;
top: 50%;
transform: translateY(-50%);
width:100%;
overflow:visible;
}
input.gfield-choice-input + label:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
right: -10px;
transform: translateY(-50%);
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
border: 2px solid #c5c9d2;
z-index: 2;
top: 50%;
transition: .3s all ease-in-out;
color: white;
font-size: 25px;
text-align: center;
line-height: 25px;
font-weight: 500;
}
input[type="checkbox"].gfield-choice-input + label:after {
border-radius: 5px;
}
input[type="radio"].gfield-choice-input + label:after {
border-radius:50px;
}
input.gfield-choice-input:checked + label:after {
content: "\00D7";
border: 2px solid white;
}How JetSloth’s Gravity Forms
add-ons can help
JetSloth’s add-ons for Gravity Forms offer a range of features that not only enhance the visual appearance of your forms but also improve their usability and user experience. From creating interactive charts to improving organization and styling, these add-ons provide valuable tools to make your forms more engaging and professional-looking.
Gravity Forms Collapsible Sections
With this add-on, you can create collapsible sections within your forms. This helps in organizing lengthy forms and improves the user experience by allowing users to focus on relevant sections, thus improving the form’s overall aesthetics and usability.
Gravity Forms Tooltips
Enhance your Gravity Forms with interactive tooltips for better conversions and user engagement. Adding tooltips to your forms can increase communication and engagement in your Gravity Forms. JetSloth’s tooltip add-on makes it easy to do just that!
The power of images
This add-on enables you to use images as choices for radio buttons or checkboxes in your forms. It’s a fantastic way to add visual appeal and improve the user experience by making options more intuitive and engaging.
