Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2010 Unleashed

Why Custom List Forms?

The main reason for creating custom list forms is mostly due to the fact you want to achieve greater functionality than that offered by the out-of-the-box list forms, such as conditionally hiding or showing list fields based on what a user selects. Design of forms from a logical perspective is an important aspect of any list, or library, within your SharePoint deployment. If a user finds it hard to complete a form, or if a form is not intuitive, then it’s likely you’ll end up with bad data. Other opportunities for custom list forms include rearranging fields or changing the edit mode on a field. For example, you can choose to make a particular field read-only on an edit form, such as the user name. You can achieve this ...