# LBF Option for grouping multiple form elements

**URL:** <https://community.open-emr.org/t/lbf-option-for-grouping-multiple-form-elements/4826>\
**Category:** OpenEMR Development\
**Created:** [June 21, 2013, 7:49am UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/lbf-option-for-grouping-multiple-form-elements/4826 "2013-06-21T07:49:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 7:49am UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/lbf-option-for-grouping-multiple-form-elements/4826/1 "2013-06-21T07:49:28Z")

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**[mdsupport](https://sourceforge.net/u/mdsupport/)** wrote on [Friday, June 21, 2013](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202506/thread/06ea858f/#38dc):

[This patch](https://github.com/mdsupport/openemr/commit/538df20a47ac68075d1d423f269876762f5de9e3) adds a new option to Layout design elements which will allow multiple elements to be visually grouped together.

A common scenario is a checkbox list on the form covers 90% of the possible choices and a textbox is needed for users to specify ‘other’ choice(s). If ‘E’ is indicated for the textbox, the form will show the list and then the textbox with single label in one cell. If needed multiple form elements can thus be grouped together.