How to Group Your Form Fields

Last Update: August 8, 2026

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Jotform makes it easy to organize your form fields so related questions stay together and your form is easier to complete. Depending on your form’s layout and length, you can group fields using columns, sections, or pages.

Each option helps organize your form in a different way. Columns can display fields side by side, sections can group related questions together, and pages can break longer forms into smaller, more manageable steps. You can:

Display Fields in Columns
Create form Sections
Create form Pages

Displaying Fields in Columns

If you want related fields to appear side by side, you can use the Shrink option to create a column-style layout. Here’s how to set it up:

In Form Builder, select the element you want to shrink, and then click on the Gear icon.
Then, in the menu that opens on the right side of the page, under the Advanced tab, toggle on Shrink, and you’re good to go.

Jotform Form Builder displaying the selected element’s Advanced settings with the Shrink option toggled on to reduce the element’s size

Repeat these steps for any additional fields you want to display in the same row. Once you’re done, you can proceed to enable columns for your form layout.

Pro Tip

To create layouts with three or more columns, we’ve got a guide on How to Set Up Form Columns that makes it simple.

Creating Form Sections

Section Collapse helps organize related fields into expandable sections, making longer forms easier to navigate. This is how it’s done:

In Form Builder, click on Add Element on the left side of the page.

Jotform Form Builder with the Add Element button highlighted on the left side of the page for adding a new form element

Then, in the Form Elements menu, under the Basic tab, scroll down to the Page Elements section and click on Section Collapse. Or, just drag and drop it to where you want it to be on your form.

Jotform Form Elements menu under the Basic tab showing the Page Elements section with Section Collapse available to add or drag and drop onto the form

That’s it. You’ve successfully added the Section Collapse on your form. You can now place related form fields inside the section to keep your form more organized and easier to navigate.

Jotform Form Builder showing a successfully added Section Collapse element, with related form fields grouped inside the collapsible section for a more organized and easier-to-navigate form

Pro Tip

Want to customize how your section behaves? Our guide on How to Add and Set up the Section Collapse Element on your Form walks you through everything.

Creating Form Pages

If you have a longer form, you can group fields across multiple pages using the Page Break element. Here’s the quick way to do it:

In Form Builder, click on Add Element on the left side of the page.

Then, in the Form Elements menu, under the Basic tab, scroll down to the Page Elements section and click on Page Break. Or, just drag and drop it to where you want it to be on your form, and you’re all set.

Jotform Form Elements menu under the Basic tab showing the Page Elements section with the Page Break element available to click, drag, and drop onto the form

The Page Break element has been added to your form. Your form will now be divided into multiple pages, making longer forms easier for users to complete.

Jotform Form Builder showing the Page Break element added to a form, dividing the form into multiple pages to make longer forms easier for users to complete

Pro Tip

For more control over your form pages, our guide on How to Add and Set up the Page Break Element on your Form has more details about that.