Label vs Paragraph Elements in Simply Forms

When designing forms in Simply Forms, both Label and Paragraph elements can display multi-line rich text content. However, they serve slightly different layout purposes, especially when it comes to spacing and visual grouping.

Label vs Paragraph Elements: Spacing and Line Breaks

Both elements support:

• Multiple lines of text
• Rich text formatting (inline styling, links, etc.)

However, their rendering behavior differs:

• Label element
  • Lines are displayed tightly, with no extra padding between lines
  • Blank lines are not visible (empty lines collapse)
  • Multiple whitespace characters between two words collapse into a single space.
• Paragraph element
  • Each paragraph includes vertical padding, creating visible spacing
  • Blank lines and multiple whitespaces between words are preserved and displayed as entered

As shown in the screenshot below from Form Builder, the first block is a Label element, and the second block is a Paragraph element.

Adding Multiple Paragraphs to a Form

When you need to add multiple paragraphs of text, you have two options:

1. Use a single Paragraph element
   • Insert multiple paragraphs within the same element
   • Built-in paragraph spacing will separate them visually
2. Use multiple Paragraph elements
   • Add each paragraph as its own element
   • Additional spacing will appear between elements

Keep in mind that spacing between separate elements is different from paragraph padding within a Paragraph element. Spacing between elements can be adjusted in the Theme Editor → Simply Form property panel to achieve your desired layout.

When to Use Label vs Paragraph

Use a Label element when:

• You want compact multi-line text
• The text belongs closely to a specific input field
• No extra spacing between lines is desired

Use a Paragraph element when:

• You want readable body text or descriptions
• Content contains multiple paragraphs
• Visual separation between text blocks is important