Dynamic e-form options?

Hi,
I'm looking for ideas as to some of the dynamic options to
better present content and reduce clutter.
Let's say it's an e-form in which the end-user can go through
tick or select which products they would like to request. However,
let's say there are multiple products in multiple categories. So as
not to have a long, daunting scroll down page would you recommend a
collapsible menu of some sort for ease? Do you know any good
examples online?
If you have any other ideas as to what developers are doing
these days to solve problems such as this; I'd be interesting in
reading more.
Thank you!

please can you advise? I appreciate your help!

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