Free Text Questions
Free text questions allow responders to enter in their own text-based answers to questions.To add a free text question:
- Click the Add Question button and select "Free Text" as the type, or drag the "Free Text" question type from the left onto the survey.
- Enter the text to appear as the question in the Question Content area.
- Optionally enter Helper Text to appear below the question text and before the answer input box.
Click the Show text link next to Settings to access additional options:
- Style - select the height of the input field box (single line or multi line), or a password style if you wish to restrict access to the survey
- Size - select the overall size of the input field box (large, medium or small)
- Limit Answer Length To - set a maximum number of characters for responders' answers
- Restrict Answer To - set if responders must answer with an email address, URL, date, number or specific item from a list
- Restrict email address domain (when restricted to Email Address) - set that the email address entered must be either from or not from specific domain(s); enter specific email domains in the format such as company.com and/or use * for wildcards such as *.com, company*.com, *company*
- Confirm Email Address - setup a double opt in or confirmed opt in (COI) process for responders
- Auto Populate With (only available when the survey is deployed using Create Link from Campaign) - pre-fill the answer with a specific field from the contact record
- Non-editable (only available when auto populating answers) - prevent respondents from changing the automatically populated answers
- Default Answer - designate a specific value to pre-fill the answer
- Mandatory - set the question as a required item that responders must complete in the survey
- Hidden - hide the question from responders' view (answers already received to the question will still be correctly shown and reflected in the survey responses)