I assume that the "two separate hidden short text boxes" are in a multiple-text question.
Lets call the multiple-options-with-comments question Q1 and the multiple-text question Q2
If Q1 and Q2 are on the same page, you can do this:
1)
Set up your survey to use JavaScript.
2) Add the following script to the source of one of the questions. Replace "11" with the Q1
question ID and "22" with the Q2
question ID.
The script does the following:
- Hides the first two text inputs in Q1
- Makes the visible comments mandatory if their associated box is checked
- Loads the text of the first two checked options in Q1 into the text inputs of Q2 (if the option has a visible comment, that is loaded instead)
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
$(document).ready(function() {
var q1ID = 11;
var q2ID = 22;
var msg = 'Please specify in the comment box.';
// Hide the first 2 text inputs of Q1
$('#question'+q1ID+' li[id^="javatbd"]:eq(0) .comment').hide();
$('#question'+q1ID+' li[id^="javatbd"]:eq(1) .comment').hide();
// Interrupt next/submit function
$('#movenextbtn, #movesubmitbtn').click(function(){
// Reset some stuff
var failedMandatory = 0;
$('#question'+q1ID+' input.text').css({'background':''});
$('#question'+q2ID+' input.text').val('');
// Loop through all check answers in Q1
$('#question'+q1ID+' input.checkbox:checked').each(function(i){
// Define the row
var thisRow = $(this).parents('li:eq(0)');
// Check for empty mandatory text inputs
if($('input.text:visible', thisRow).length > 0 && $('input.text', thisRow).val() == '') {
$('input.text', thisRow).css({'background':'pink'});
failedMandatory = 1;
}
// Load the multiple-text question
if($('input.text:visible', thisRow).length > 0) {
$('#question'+q2ID+' input.text:eq('+i+')').val($('input.text', thisRow).val());
}
else {
$('#question'+q2ID+' input.text:eq('+i+')').val($.trim($(this).parent().text()));
}
});
// Abort submit if any mandatory text inputs are empty
if(failedMandatory == 1) {
alert (msg);
return false;
}
else {
return true;
}
});
});
</script>
I can just simply submit answers without comment boxes being mandatory, i get no alert messages.
