Question type - List (Dropdown)/en

Short description

This question type collects input from a dropdown menu. You can also create subcategories within this list by using the advanced setting 'Category separator'.

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Download english sample question: W_-_List_Flexible_Labels_Dropdown.csv

Core settings

Mandatory

Description

This option allows the survey administrators to request their respondents to answer certain survey questions. If the mandatory questions are not answered, the respondents will not be able to proceed further. If you have a question with multiple subquestions, and you require only certain subquestions to be answered, use the minimum answer attribute located under the Logic tab.

If you use any of the preinstalled themes and the mandatory question attribute is enabled, a red asterisk will be shown next to the question. If you wish to hide it, please check these instructions.

Available options

• On - Question must be answered before the participant can proceed to the next page - the answer option 'No answer' is never shown.
• Soft - If the question is not answered, a warning is shown when trying to proceed to the next page - however, the participant can choose to ignore the warning and proceed. Note that the 'No answer' option is still shown (if activated in survey presentation settings)
• Off (default) - Question can be left unanswered

Option 'Other' (other)

Description

This option is used by multiple choice-type questions and gives you the ability to ask for a selection that is not part of the enumerated answer list.

Available options

• On
• Off (default)

Condition (previously "Relevance equation")

Description

If the result value of the condition is "1" or "true", the question is "relevant" in the survey context, i.e. it is shown to the survey participant. If not, the question is hidden. Any survey question allows you to specify a relevance equation. This function is the successor of conditions and supports much more complex conditional logic.

Syntax Highlighting

Whenever you save the condition, it is evaluated and syntax-highlighted. Any errors will be color coded so that you can quickly detect and fix them.

 Hint: To check if all conditions are used correctly within your survey, read about our show logic file feature.

Valid values

• Any condition that makes use of the ExpressionScript syntax, without surrounding curly braces.

Examples

Here are good examples of syntax highlighting.

Advanced settings

{INCLUDE(page="Advanced question settings",start="!random_order",stop="---")}{INCLUDE}

{INCLUDE(page="Advanced question settings",start="!random_group",stop="---")}{INCLUDE}

{INCLUDE(page="Advanced question settings",start="!alphasort",stop="---")}{INCLUDE}

{INCLUDE(page="Advanced question settings",start="!other_replace_text",stop="---")}{INCLUDE}

{INCLUDE(page="Advanced question settings",start="!hide_tip",stop="---")}{INCLUDE}

{INCLUDE(page="Advanced question settings",start="!category_separator",stop="---")}{INCLUDE}

{INCLUDE(page="Advanced question settings",start="!hidden",stop="---")}{INCLUDE}

{INCLUDE(page="Advanced question settings",start="!other_comment_mandatory",stop="---")}{INCLUDE}

{INCLUDE(page="Advanced question settings",start="!scale_export",stop="---")}{INCLUDE}

{INCLUDE(page="Advanced question settings",start="!public_statistics",stop="---")}{INCLUDE}

{INCLUDE(page="Advanced question settings",start="!page_break",stop="---")}{INCLUDE}

{INCLUDE(page="Advanced question settings",start="!dropdown_size",stop="---")}{INCLUDE}

{INCLUDE(page="Advanced question settings",start="!dropdown_prefix",stop="---")}{INCLUDE}