Selection - Other

Selection - Other

A selection type will base its rendering on the selection mode that was choosen in the Question editor. Depending on the selection mode the type will be rendered as a radio button, checkbox or grouped along with other selection - text types inside a dropdown list.

Type Settings

Answer Text is the text that will be shown next to the selection item (radio, checkbox) or inside the dropdown list.

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.
Selected Answers we can choose to have the selection item selected / checked by default.
Score Point lets us specify a score value if the answer is selected. This score will be used to calculate the question's score and survey overall score of the respondent.

This feature is only available if we have turned on Feedback Server's Scoring features.
Rating Part let us choose if we want this selection to be part of the rating / scale calculation in the reports. To learn more about rating please read the Rating Introduction.

This feature is only available if we have turned on Rating on the question of the answer type.