Field - Basic

Field - Basic

This type will render a textbox to the respondent to let him enter any free text he wants. There is no maximum length limit by default. If we need a to change the size of the field or its properties it is possible to create our own field type using the Answer Type Creator.

This field has no extra client side validation check.

Type Settings

Answer Text is the text that will be shown next to the field.

Image URL we can give an image URL (http://www.mydomain.com/myimage.gif) in order to show it instead of showing the answer text.
Type allows us to change the current type of the answer we want in our survey. Respondent answers already collected will not be deleted if we change the type.
RegEx Server Side Validation allows us to validate the content of the textbox field using a regular expression. Several regular expression validation are provided out of the box and it is very easy to create new one using the Regular Expression Editor. This check is done server-side.
Mandatory allows us to set if the textbox field requires to be filled. This check is done server-side.
Default Text Value allows us to set a default value inside the textbox field. It is also possible to fill the textbox with a default value coming from an external source using following tags :

##yourquerystringvariablename## will set the default text with a query string variable's value.
@@yoursessionvariablename@@ will set the default text with a session variable's value.
&&yourcookievariablename&& will set the default text with a cookie variable's value.
%%servervariablename%% will set the default text with a server side variable's value.
Pipe Alias allows us to specify an alias that we can use in other questions to pipe the textbox field value. To learn about piping and pipe alias we suggest reading the Piping Introduction.
Reporting Alias is the text that can be shown instead of the answer text inside our reports.
Extended Report Filter we will be able to use directly the text answers of the respondent as a filter in the General Report Settings. To learn more about piping and extended report filters we suggest reading the Extended Filter Introduction.