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6 years 2 months ago #163657 by Liod_DS
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Where is the option to order the answers alphabetically ?

the survey is in Italian, i was sure there were an option somewhere to do that.

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6 years 2 months ago #163671 by holch
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I am not aware of such an feature. And I really don't see much use for it anyway.

Put your answers into a spreadsheet, order them alphabetically and then copy them into the "quick add feature". Done.

Or are you referring to the statistics part?

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6 years 2 months ago #163680 by holch
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Just had another look and there is such a feature (you always learn something new about LS):



However, it might depend on the question type. What question type are you using? My example comes from a list radio and I am using Version 2.73.0+171219.

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6 years 2 months ago #163684 by holch
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What is really strange is that the different Subcategories of the advanced settings like "Display", etc. are in a different order and also the different items in those subcategories don't follow the same order as in my version... *confused*

In Display I have 3 of those on-off buttons, but you only have 2. Seems like the ones that are there are the ones that are supposed to "hide" stuff and the alphabetical order is missing.

If your questions is also a list radio type question, first try to update to the latest version (the one I am running) and see if it is resolved.

Then you can think about a bug report. But I am not sure if 2.7x will still receive bug fixes, because the bug report also only offers 3.x as version to choose from.

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6 years 2 months ago #163705 by Liod_DS
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i've use it in a previuos survey,and if i copy that the order is alphabetically sorted, so the option is still flagged somewhere, but i can't choose that anymore !

And yes, i can see the option in a single question (the previous stamp is about a multiple question)...

soooo i have to compile a bug request that no one are gonna fix :D

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6 years 2 months ago #163710 by holch
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Let me check how the multipe choice questions look like for me and I'll get back to you.

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6 years 2 months ago #163711 by holch
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I can confirm that the sort alphabetically is not there in the multiple answer question.

I don't think it make sense to create a bug report now for 2.7x. Either move on to 3.x and see if it works there (if not create a bug report) or use my solution: Sort it in Excel, copy the whole list into the quick add feature. Not too much work either.

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6 years 2 months ago #163718 by Liod_DS
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nah, not much, but we have a survey in field, with the visual option i was able to change the order without stopping that...

now i suppose i have to finish the data collection with this order (the request is arrived after we send all the invitation, when they aske me if the change was possibile i say yes :D - now i have to explain why the option is suddenly missing ehehehhe)

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6 years 2 months ago #163719 by holch
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Well, that is a bummer if it is in field and live already. However, it is risky to change the order anyway if people already responded. The order can have an impact on results.

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6 years 2 months ago #163720 by jelo
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Please post bugtracker id here too.

The meaning of the word "stable" for users
www.limesurvey.org/forum/development/117...ord-stable-for-users
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6 years 2 months ago #163721 by Liod_DS
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i know, and that's the reason behind the alphabetical order request in the first place :)

no problem holch, not our fault, i will come up with a technical issue for this field,

thanks for your time!

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6 years 2 months ago #163722 by holch
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I guess he won't create a bug report. And actually he can't, because all you can choose in the bug tracker is 3.x now. No 2.7x anymore.

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