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11 years 2 months ago - 11 years 2 months ago #90886 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Dropdown in Multiple short text
Sure, you can use this with IDs of array text inputs as selectors.

To use an example similar to your other post about time inputs, this code will insert the dropdowns in the first column of the array:
Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
  $(document).ready(function() {
 
    // Text inputs to be replaced by dropdowns
    var dropdownAnswers = $('#answer97841X5X16SQ001_SQ001, #answer97841X5X16SQ002_SQ001, #answer97841X5X16SQ003_SQ001');
 
    // Define the select element (dropdown)
    var select1 = '<select class="select1 insertedSelect"> \
              <option value="">-- Please Choose --</option> \
              <option value="Apples">Apples</option> \
              <option value="Oranges">Oranges</option> \
              <option value="Pears">Pears</option> \
              <option value="Bananas">Bananas</option> \
            </select>';
 
    // Hide the text inputs
    $(dropdownAnswers).hide();
 
    // Insert the select elements
    $(dropdownAnswers).parents('td').append(select1);
 
    // Initially select an option if the question has already been answered
    $('.insertedSelect').each(function(i) {
      if($(this).parent().find('input[type="text"]').val()) {
        $(this).val($(this).parent().find('input[type="text"]').val())
      }
    });
 
    // Listener on the dropdowns - insert selected values into hidden text inputs
    $('.insertedSelect').change(function() {
      $(this).parent().find('input[type="text"]').val($(this).val());
    });
  });
</script>

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11 years 2 months ago #90892 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Dropdown in Multiple short text
Oops, found a bug, use this instead:
Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
  $(document).ready(function() {
 
    // Text inputs to be replaced by dropdowns
    var dropdownAnswers = $('#answer97841X5X16SQ001_SQ001, #answer97841X5X16SQ002_SQ001, #answer97841X5X16SQ003_SQ001');
 
    // Define the select element (dropdown)
    var select1 = '<select class="select1 insertedSelect"> \
              <option value="">-- Please Choose --</option> \
              <option value="Apples">Apples</option> \
              <option value="Oranges">Oranges</option> \
              <option value="Pears">Pears</option> \
              <option value="Bananas">Bananas</option> \
            </select>';
 
    // Hide the text inputs
    $(dropdownAnswers).hide();
 
    // Insert the select elements
    $(dropdownAnswers).closest('td').append(select1);
 
    // Initially select an option if the question has already been answered
    $('.insertedSelect').each(function(i) {
      if($(this).parent().find('input[type="text"]').val()) {
        $(this).val($(this).parent().find('input[type="text"]').val())
      }
    });
 
    // Listener on the dropdowns - insert selected values into hidden text inputs
    $('.insertedSelect').change(function() {
      $(this).parent().find('input[type="text"]').val($(this).val());
    });
  });
</script>

Cheers,
Tony Partner

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11 years 2 months ago #90919 by Gabriela
Replied by Gabriela on topic Dropdown in Multiple short text
Great.! works. learning too..
merci
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10 years 10 months ago #95277 by ricardo01
Replied by ricardo01 on topic Dropdown in Multiple short text
Hi,
I created a multiple short text question and want the first row to display as a dropdown. I'm sure this is what I need. I copied this script and modified it using my QID

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

$(document).ready(function() {

var qID = 9334;
var inputNum = 1;

// Define the select element (dropdown)
var select1 = '<select id="select1"> \
<option value="">-- Please Choose --</option> \
<option value="Mrs.">Mrs.</option> \
<option value="Mr.">Mr.</option> \
<option value="Doctor">Doctor</option> \
<option value="Miss">Miss</option> \
<option value="Other">Other</option> \

</select>';

// Hide the text input
$('#question'+qID+' li:eq('+(inputNum-1)+') input.text').hide().parent().hide();

// Insert the select elements
$('#question'+qID+' li:eq('+(inputNum-1)+')').append(select1);

// Initially select an option if the question has already been answered
if($('#question'+qID+' li:eq('+(inputNum-1)+') input.text').val()) {
$('#question'+qID+' li:eq('+(inputNum-1)+') select').val($('#question'+qID+' li:eq('+(inputNum-1)+') input.text').val())
}

// Listener on the dropdowns - insert selected values into hidden text input
$('#question'+qID+' select').change(function() {
$(this).siblings('span').children('input.text').val($(this).val());
});

// Some styles
$('#question'+qID+' select').css({
'margin':'0.3em 0 0 1em'
});
});

</script>

However the first row is still empty...no dropdown anywhere. I'm using LS Version 2.00+ Build 130423
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10 years 10 months ago #95279 by tpartner
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You have an extra line in the dropdown definition that may be causing an error. Try this:

Code:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
  $(document).ready(function() {
 
    var qID = 9334;
    var inputNum = 1;
 
    // Define the select element (dropdown)
    var select1 = '<select id="select1"> \
              <option value="">-- Please Choose --</option> \
              <option value="Mrs.">Mrs.</option> \
              <option value="Mr.">Mr.</option> \
              <option value="Doctor">Doctor</option> \
              <option value="Miss">Miss</option> \
              <option value="Other">Other</option> \
            </select>';
 
    // Hide the text input
    $('#question'+qID+' li:eq('+(inputNum-1)+') input.text').hide().parent().hide();
 
    // Insert the select elements
    $('#question'+qID+' li:eq('+(inputNum-1)+')').append(select1);
 
    // Initially select an option if the question has already been answered
    if($('#question'+qID+' li:eq('+(inputNum-1)+') input.text').val()) {
      $('#question'+qID+' li:eq('+(inputNum-1)+') select').val($('#question'+qID+' li:eq('+(inputNum-1)+') input.text').val());
    }
 
    // Listener on the dropdowns - insert selected values into hidden text input
    $('#question'+qID+' select').change(function() {
      $(this).siblings('span').children('input.text').val($(this).val());
    });
 
    // Some styles
    $('#question'+qID+' select').css({
      'margin':'0.3em 0 0 1em'
    });
  });
</script>

Cheers,
Tony Partner

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10 years 10 months ago #95283 by ricardo01
Replied by ricardo01 on topic Dropdown in Multiple short text
Thanks, it worked...are you talking about this line?




I thought java scripts were immune to that?

cheers,

ricardo
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10 years 10 months ago - 10 years 10 months ago #95297 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Dropdown in Multiple short text

...are you talking about this line?

Yes.

I thought java scripts were immune to that?

Not when you have a variable (string) which spans several lines. In that case, every line must end with a backslash character '\'. You could put the whole string on one line but it would be kinda hard to read.

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10 years 10 months ago #95300 by ricardo01
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Thanks, Tony.
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10 years 10 months ago - 10 years 10 months ago #95322 by Limer2001
Replied by Limer2001 on topic Dropdown in Multiple short text
Can you (Ricardo,Tony?) post a limesurvey question file or survey file of this working. I can't get it to work.
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10 years 10 months ago #95324 by tpartner
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Here you go. For portability, in this test survey I replaced the question ID (9334) with the {QID} placeholder.

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File Name: limesurvey...9411.lss
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