Possible Answers for Check Boxes

You may enter “!other” on a line to create an optional fill in the blank option. An!other box defaults to using the prompt Other: , (or the equivalent translation for Other in the current language being used). You may change this default prompt by using the format: “!other=prompt text” as shown in Example #1 above.

Notes

1. The Check Boxes question type enables the respondent to enter multiple responses to one question.
2. At the moment the length of the fill in the blank input text box is set to 25 characters and is not customizable through the online interface.
3. You might provide more than one !other fill in the blank option for a Check Boxes question, but this might cause problems so it is not recommended.
4. When a respondent answers a Check Boxes question which has been created as Required, and the Min. forced responses and Max. forced responses parameters have been used, then a warning message will be displayed if respondent does not check the required number of boxes. Note that, if the !other fill in the blank option has been created, then if it is checked by the respondent, it will count in the total of minimum/maximum required check boxes.
5. If a respondent checks a fill in the blank option check box and leaves the text field empty, that box will be unchecked (upon navigating to the next page or upon submitting the questionnaire).
6. If a respondent has cheked a checked a fill in the blank option check box and has filled in the text field, and later on changes his mind and unckecks that box, the fill in the blank text field will be automatically emptied (cool, ain't it?).

Updated by JR on 5/10/08