In this article
Answer, Prompt and Scale items are all added to the question in the same way, and you add them in the area towards the bottom of the question details page. Note that the columns presented depend on the question type and on whether you have selected to display the Advanced answer settings (go to Answer List Columns for more information).
You can add the answer, prompt and scale items individually, you can add a reusable list (go to Reusable Lists for more information), or you can add a number of items simultaneously by writing or pasting in a list that you have created earlier (go to Pasting Lists for more information). To add a single item:
1. Click Add one.
A row is added to the list.
2. Type the answer/prompt/scale text (the text you wish to present to the respondent) into the field.
Note: Press the Enter key on your keyboard to add a carriage return inside the answer item, allowing multi-line list items.
3. Type in or select the remaining properties as required for that item. Note that the properties you set for an item apply only to that particular item.
If you already have some answers in the list and you want to add more, place the cursor into a field and press the down-arrow key on your keyboard. The cursor will move down to the next row in the list. If the cursor is in the bottom row and you press the down-arrow key, a new row will be added to the bottom of the list and the cursor will move to the ...Values field in the left column.
You can also click Add one, Add before or Add many as appropriate and add additional rows to the list, or click the drop-down arrows beside the buttons to add group headings or endings, additional answers or reusable lists. The Add before functionality works as follows:
- When you are at the top of a list, the up-arrow button adds a new item at the top of the list.
- Alt+Up-arrow adds items above the current item in the list.
- Alt+Down-arrow can be used to add items below the current item in the list.
Note that this functionality is not supported for multi grid questions.
Note: For all questions where radio buttons or check boxes are normally used, such as single, multi and grid questions, you can replace the normal answer option format of button/box and text with images.
If the text for your answer is long, you can expand the field as necessary so you can view the entire text - merely drag the field border. Note that the fields for all the answers in the list will be expanded simultaneously. Any field expansion will not be persistent; if you go to a different question and then return, the answer text fields will be presented at their "normal" size.
In the event the answer list for a Single or Multi question is very long, you can provide the respondents with the possibility to search the answer list so they can more easily find the answer(s) they wish to use. To do this, go to the question's Appearance property and select the Searchable single/multi option (go to Accessing Question Properties for more information).