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Use the options in the Layout area - to set up the look and feel of the survey.
The Layout settings
- Reserve a fixed area for validation error messages on every page of interview - select this option if you wish to reserve a small fixed area for page error messages. This prevents the rest of the page from jumping up and down if the interview program displays an error message. As this area consumes space, you may wish to uncheck this option, especially if you are creating a pop-up survey where the window size is limited.
- Generate 'Error:' prefix for error messages - when you have chosen a Survey Layout for your survey, the survey will be compliant with the web accessibility requirements. The only requirements that are not covered by Survey Layouts are including a prefix “Error” in front of the error messages and Insert label for ‘Other’ inputs. In this field you can activate the Generate ‘Error’ prefix for error messages, which means that the word “Error” will appear in front of all system error messages.
- Answer buttons - check this option to replace all radio buttons and check-boxes in the survey with buttons. You can customize the button layout in the Question Form Input properties pane.
Note: When using Answer buttons, Capture Order is not supported.
- Cell–area click for grid - in grids and 3D-grids, this allows the respondent to click in the cell area around the radio button instead of having to click exactly on the radio button itself. This simplifies the selection act for the respondent as he/she does not have to be so accurate with the mouse pointer.
- Label click for single and multi - enables the respondent to click the labels as well as the actual checkboxes/radio buttons for single and multi questions, thereby increasing the clickable areas and making the survey easier to answer.
- Press enter to move to next field - allows the respondent to use the Enter key on their keyboard to move to the next field - simulating the Tab key.
- Highlight cells in grid that fail ‘Answer required’ checks - highlights any cells in a grid question that fail the "Answer required" checks. This will simplify the survey for the respondent as, if he/she attempts to proceed to the next question before having selected the required number of cells in the grid, when the error message is presented any cells that have not been answered will be immediately visible to them. Note that this also applies if an Other option is selected by the respondent but they do not enter any text into the Other field.