Overview
- Applicant can choose none, one, some, or all options from a list.
- Can be used as an acknowledgement statement
- 255 character max (for label and any response options)

Default Admin View

• Click directly in the label, instructions, and items fields to edit the text. 
• Add choices (including Select All and None) with green plus signs.
• Remove choices with red minus signs.
• Click Settings > Choices to copy and paste a list in bulk (see "H" in next section) and configure other options.

Note: Be careful to put unique choices in the list of "Item 1, Item 2", etc. Do not rename "Select All", "None", or "Other" as specific choices.

Settings Panel Sections

General

    A. Field reference - Unique identifier in the InfoReady database that does not show to applicants or reviewers.

    B. Field label - Question label

    C. Instructions (optional) - Any additional notes to help applicants answer the question

    D. Required - Make the question required or optional (same as clicking asterisk * on main question screen).

    E. Hide from reviewers (optional) - Check to hide the question and applicants' responses from reviewers.

    F. Hide from applicants (optional) - Check to hide the question from applicants.

Choices

    F. Eraser - Clear all choices

    G. Edit - Copy and paste a list from another source (e.g., Word, Excel) to populate choices

    H. Add - Add a choice to the list

    I. Rearrange - Drag and drop to re-order choices

    J. Visibility - Control visibility of a single choice (compare with overall logic in next section)

    K. Delete - Remove the choice from the list

    L. Choices sort order - Choose None (leave as shown), Ascending (A-Z), Descending, (Z-A), Random

    M Allow the Other option - If checked, text can be customized 

    N. Allow the None option - Lets applicants indicate no options are relevant with one click

    O. Maximum selected choices - Restricts applicants to selecting a certain number of options

Logic

• Choose when the question is shown and/or required.
• Full instructions here: Adding Conditional Logic

Layout

    P. Show on page - Choose which page of the form the question shows (Can also drag and drop from main screen).

    Q. Display field on a new line - Uncheck to show the question directly to the right of the previous one.

    R. Field label location - Choose if and where the label should show.

    S. Instructions location - Choose either under the field or under the field label

    T. Column count - Choose how many columns to display choices in. Use more columns for longer lists.

Example Customized Applicant View

• From the Preview tab, here is how the question built above would look to applicants.
• Click directly in the label or instructions fields to edit that text. 
• Switch back to the Designer tab to make any edits to logic or layout.

Example Acknowledgment Statement

• Use a one checkbox "question" with specific language in the instructions.
• For a more detailed statement, use a paragraph field (rich text) directly before the checkbox field.

For comparison, check out these other question types:
- Dropdown
- Multiple Choice

Have more questions about this topic? Go to the Community Forum to pose the question to other users or submit a support ticket to InfoReady.