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Yes/No with free text enforcement 2 years 4 months ago #54976

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I have this Yes/No with free text if no is selected (two separate questions). Are there ways to enforce input in the free text field if No is selected?
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Re: Yes/No with free text enforcement 2 years 4 months ago #54977

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Why don't you make the free text field question mandatory?
Have a look at the manual! It is a really valuable source for information. Here some helpful links:
Manual (EN) | Question Types | Question Attributes | Workarounds
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Re: Yes/No with free text enforcement 2 years 4 months ago #55246

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It should only be mandatory if the No option is selected.
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Re: Yes/No with free text enforcement 2 years 4 months ago #55247

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Why don't you make it mandatory and use conditions to only display it if "No" is selected?
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Re: Yes/No with free text enforcement 2 years 4 months ago #55249

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tpartner wrote:
Why don't you make it mandatory and use conditions to only display it if "No" is selected?
If I say it's mandatory but not display it, wouldn't it still stop the survey from being submitted?

I wasn't aware that you could dynamically display fields like that. Would you know of a good tutorial or source to get me started? I was looking on the documentation wiki and didn't find anything useful on the subject (or I wasn't looking properly).
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Re: Yes/No with free text enforcement 2 years 4 months ago #55250

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The mandatory question will have no affect on the survey if it's hidden by conditions.

Have a look at "Setting Conditions" - docs.limesurvey.org/Setting+conditions&s...tions+for+LimeSurvey
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Re: Yes/No with free text enforcement 2 years 4 months ago #55253

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tpartner wrote:
The mandatory question will have no affect on the survey if it's hidden by conditions.

Have a look at "Setting Conditions" - docs.limesurvey.org/Setting+conditions&s...tions+for+LimeSurvey

Thanks!

To recap, I created my free text and went into the advanced section to hide the question. Is this the proper way to hide it?

I'm previewing the survey and the question I just hid, is being displayed with "{}" besides the question. Should this question be hidden or will it only be hidden when I activate the survey?
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Re: Yes/No with free text enforcement 2 years 4 months ago #55259

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To recap, I created my free text and went into the advanced section to hide the question. Is this the proper way to hide it?
No, use conditions to hide it.


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Re: Yes/No with free text enforcement 2 years 4 months ago #55262

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Perfect! It's working like a charm!
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Re: Yes/No with free text enforcement 2 years 4 months ago #55301

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You're welcome!

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