How do I add a single line question in my survey?
Single Line question type allows your respondents to type in a short text or a combination of text and numbers. You can set the character limit and the text box size while crafting the question. The maximum response size is limited to 255 characters, which can be changed to any number less than 255. The maximum size you can set for the text box is 40 characters.
To add a single line question in my survey:
- Click Single Line in the question types listed on the left pane. You can also drag and drop the question type to the builder. Also, you can change the question type by clicking the dropdown next to the question type in the question editor. However, the choices for change are related to the question type you have selected. For example, if you selected single text question type, you can only change it to its variants available in the list. You can select an option from the dropdown.
- In the Question box, type your question.
- If you want to mark the question mandatory, select the Make this question mandatory checkbox.
- If you want to make changes to the default Error message text that displays, edit the content in the text box.
- If you want to pipe in custom variables or variables from previous questions and customize the follow up questions, click the arrow next to Insert Variable right above the Question box, and select the variable you want to use from the list. Read more on Piping.
- To learn what else you can do with the question, click Advanced options. You can perform the following actions:
- In the Text field size dropdown list, select the size of the text box you want to use.
- In the Text must be between boxes provided, specify the minimum and maximum character limits.
- The auto-fill or prepopulate answer feature allows you to prepopulate single variable survey responses automatically before sending it to respondents. To prepopulate answers for a known respondent, select Prepopulate answer.
- Question hint is used to add hints to your question and help your respondents get a clear idea on what your questions are all about. This feature is optional and is available only for certain types of questions.
- Click Save .
- To discard the changes, click Cancel .
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