Take the 2-minute tour ×  I am designing a form that asks for a
lot of data in the form of  Short Label [text input]  However,
in between all those short labels there's suddenly longer
questions such as:  Are there other buildings on or near your
current building site? ( ) no (o) yes,     registered as:
[number]  and finally, classical opt in/opt out checkboxes like
[x] I already have the required documents for this builduing
site.  Without giving it much thought I used left-aligned labels
for the short input prompts, but top-aligned ones for the longer
questions. Then I read more about the whole alignment issue in
Luke Wroblewski's book "Filling in the blanks" and he strongly
advises against any change in label alignment inside a single
form.  No I am left with the following bits of information from
the book:  Top aligned is suitable if the form should be
completed quickly and information is well known.  We have
several prompts for post addresses, which would fit the
description, plus: top-aligned would all