If I specify a question to always be hidden, then set conditional logic on it, would any JavaScript in the hidden question itself still be processed?

For example, I want to hide question 2. But Question 2 is still based on the user answering "YES" to question 1.

So, if the user answers "YES" to question 1, then question 2 has some JavaScript that would populate the answer to question 2 with "some value."

Is that possible, or would a hidden question not even get to run its JavaScript?

I found the answer to my own question here. However, I would like to note that I would love to see this feature implemented:

ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/262/

In the meantime you can use CSS to hide the question. Add the following to the end of template.css, replacing "QQ" with your question ID.

Wouldn't I end up with a blank page? I'm doing question by question.

What is the purpose of hidden questions if you can't do anything with them?

Yeah, unfortunately that's true if you go question by question. In that case you would also need to add a little JavaScript to auto-advance the page.
I'm not sure what the thinking was behind this but I believe it will be changed in future release.

Thanks, Tony. By the way, are you capable and interested in doing this? (see below)

www.limesurvey.org/forum/development/576...opment?lang=en#57667

Sorry, that would require PHP (server-side) coding and I'm more a JavaScript (client-side) guy.

No worries. If I were to use the code you were talking about to hide the question, I could use JavaScript to pre-fill it with a value if it ended up being displayed based on conditional logic, right?

For example, we'll call this question 10. I have a bunch of conditions set on question 10 so that it will only come up if any of those condition scenarios are met.

When it comes up, I can use JavaScript to hide the short text field and then populate the short text field with, for example "YES".

I could then use JavaScript to advance the page once that is done. Would advancing the page work the same way even if it was the last question? i.e. "Finish" instead of "Next"?

That would all work except I wouldn't do it on the last page. In that case the auto-advance would submit the survey which I'm not sure you want to do automatically.

It would be okay for it to submit. The last page is just using the conditional logic to make some determinations and then populate a field that I want included in the confirmation email.

Essentially the question before the hidden one is the "last question".