Add Questions
Formatting text: the editor toolbar
Click into any text in the survey editor — a question, help text, the welcome or end message — and a small floating toolbar appears above it. This is where all text formatting lives. The toolbar buttons Alignment — left, center, or right. B — bold ...
Question and answer codes
What codes are Every question, sub-question, and answer option in LimeSurvey has a short identifier — its code: Question codes — one per question, such as Q001. LimeSurvey assigns these automatically; you can rename them. Sub-question codes — one per ...
Validation: make sure the answers you get are usable
Validation stops participants submitting an answer that cannot be right — a percentage over 100, an email address with no @, a budget split that does not add up. It is worth the effort: an answer you reject at the time is one you do not have to clean ...
Conditions: show a question only when it applies
A condition makes a question appear only when it is relevant. Ask "Which brand do you drive?" only of people who said they own a car, or show a follow-up only to people who rated you poorly. Two things are worth understanding before you start: ...
Use answers from previous questions (piping)
Piping means inserting a participant's earlier answer into the text of a later question — for example, greeting them by name or referring back to a choice they made. In LimeSurvey, you do this by giving the earlier question a question code and then ...
Reorder, preview, and manage questions
Once your questions exist, most day-to-day work happens in the survey editor: changing the running order, previewing the result, reviewing a question's setup, and reusing earlier answers in later questions. This article covers those tasks. For ...
Advanced Question Editing
How to edit the tip for one specific question? Some types of questions (like numerical questions) come with a default hint/tip You can customize the tip of a specific question by using the below script <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> ...
Reorder Questions
Reorder questions (and groups) To reorder questions (and groups): Click the Structure tab. Verify that the lock icon is open/unlocked. Click the hamburger icon of the question (or group) and drag it to the desired location.
Preview Question
Preview a question There a two ways to preview a question: (1) from the Question summary page or (2) while editing a question. 1. Preview a question from the question summary page You can access the Question summary page from the (a) Settings tab or ...
Question Summary
Question summary The page is divided into three sections. Question toolbar: You will find the following options on the toolbar: Preview survey: Click to preview the entire survey. Preview question group: Click to preview only the current question ...
Add and Edit a Question
Questions are the heart of your survey. In the survey editor, questions sit inside question groups on the canvas — the large working area in the middle of the screen. Every new survey starts with a sample group and question, so you can begin right ...
Add a Question
Add a question Once you have created your question groups, you can start adding questions to each group. There are several ways to add questions. A few are presented below. 1. You can add questions from the Survey structure menu. 2. You can access a ...
Insert Values from Survey Participants Table
Insert value from the Survey Participants Table You can insert values from the survey participants table into your question so that it can show context related information. Think of the participants first name or last name or email address. For ...
Question Settings
Question settings Note: The question settings panel is displayed when you add/edit a question and is located on the right. The settings displayed may vary based on the question type selected. Please refer to the screenshot below for a basic overview ...
Edit a Question
Edit a question The following section will explain how to edit a question. Please refer to the Add a question article for details on how to add questions. There are two ways to edit a question - from the Structure tab and from the Settings tab. I. ...
Style a Question
Styling questions with CSS Styling of questions using CSS has become much easier. Each question type now has a unique class. The mandatory questions have an additional mandatory class. Please refer to the Styling a question with CSS section for ...
Insert Answer from Previous Question
Insert answers from previous questions LimeSurvey allows you to insert answers from previous questions into the text of a question. You can refer to answers on the same page and even dynamically update tailored messages as responses change on the ...